Quoting: tmtvl> Calls it the War Gamez bundle
> No war games in it

What's humble even doing?

I heard they actually do call World War II a war, which would make a game about it... you guess it.

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Quoting: slaapliedjeThis is why there is no such thing as heteronormative.

IMHO, you're just misinterpreting the term. It's not used to say that being hetero is unnormal, it's supposed to say that being hetero is not a norm/standard to be set for everybody. There's different people, and that's ok.

Quoting: slaapliedjeBUT (all caps!) the reason for this discussion is the completely unnecessary inclusion of non-gendered people (yup, that's what I'm calling anyone who doesn't fit the yin/yang, pick one, don't be greedy like bisexuals.) in video games.

Nothing about video games is necessary. Their contents (and their very existence) are up to the makers/artists. Question is, why do you think artists shoulnd't put non-hetros in their art?

Quoting: slaapliedjeThis is my complaint, when current social trends dictate what should be and overwrites or stamps over their thoughts on what the original writers had conceived.

Sorry, but this totally describes what you are doing at this very moment: You want to dictate the makers of the game to stop such "completely unnecessary inclusion". They are "the original writers" of their game.

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Quoting: PatolaI will look forward to reading this book, but on this very same subject I've also got a hilarious book to recommend: Dr. Tatiana's Sex Advice to All Creation [External Link]. It is not exclusively about homo/bi/transsexuality, but it is so funny (without oversimplifying anything, and always maintaining scientific accuracy) that it spawned a TV series.

Man, this sounds great for learning something without making it too hard. I'm surprised it hasn't been translated to German...

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I bought it yesterday and played 3 1/2 hours. The graphics are very good for such a game (praise the engines making this easier than ever), story is... well, not the central point I guess. It has got handy input methods (place mouse above last instruction place and just press short keys), especially compared to Glitchspace which I tried the day before and have given up upon. Difficulty is not so hard (yet), except if you want to reach the target instruction numbers. Nice game, I'm looking forward to playing the rest.

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Quoting: PatolaHowever, I am even much more concerned with the political and cultural environment that this pronoun "revolution" represents, with university professors being jailed for using the 'wrong' pronoun. Ask Jordan B. Peterson. This is disheartening. This is real tyrannical oppression.

I read a bit about this person, but didn't find she was in jail and not even in court for anything she has done.

(I never heart about the law he's fighting. While of course, transgender people shouldn't be discriminated against, I'm not convinced using the right pronouns should be part of the law. (On the other hand, if we could imprison people abusing their language... ;) ))

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Quoting: slaapliedjeThe normal state of being for any creature, animal, etc is heterosexual. It's part of evolution, a species wouldn't have lasted this long if it weren't.

Bonobos seem to be actively bisexual normally, and lasted some million years.
Clownfish are transsexual.
Salmons are hermaphrodites.
Brine shrimp are doing self-fertilization.
And there's many more examples.
Evolution has brought up many more ideas than heterosexuality.

Quoting: slaapliedjeThe silly thing is, if 'they' would stop throwing it in everyone's faces, we'd ignore them like we ignore each other. The attention grab is what keeps them going.

I experienced the opposite here. If no-one would have brought it up here to complain about it, I still wouldn't have heard about it. The only things I had heard about the game is that it seems to be a good one.

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Quoting: ArdjeIt would only be correct if the total number of windows installations would have declined again.

Well, I didn't check Windows, but for sure, the fix led to a rise for Linux:
https://www.gamingonlinux.com/index.php?module=steam_linux_share

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Quoting: ArdjeI really have no clue how the survey is supposed to look, or if it just silently submits data.
I do find the "survey taken" dates in my files, but it never ever asked me for permission to send survey data. So I guess it is genuinly meant to run, except that it doesn't.

You're asked if you want to take the survey and at least one question for what the software can't find out (network speed?). Once a year might about match with my experience.

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Quoting: DisharmonicThe Anti-SJW crowd is as tiresome as the SJW crowd. Can we just get back to playing games

That's like saying chemotherapy is as tiresome as cancer.

Right.

Quoting: gabberYou're right, we should just be getting back to playing games and ignoring the identity politics. But some developers are not, they're caving in and trying to make their games more 'inclusive'.

Good games are a kind of art. You're surprised artists are expressing themselves? Really?

Quoting: gabber- You need more pronouns
- You need more skincolor options
- You have too many black and not enough native people (Far Cry 5..)
- You can't show a sexy ass, that's objectifying ..

As long as there are SJWs pushing their joy-killing agenda I'm afraid we need the Anti-SJWs.
Thanks for the heads up on the issue, not buying infected products.

As long as there are people afraid of pronouns and colors...

Well, I'll buy your copy, gabber. Full price.
I've just put in on my wish list so I won't forget on Linux release.
You're welcome.

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Quoting: ajgp#2, Ok its a pronoun that is gender neutral, is that the issue? I mean it still has he/she yes?

I googled for it, and they do call it addition:
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/qvx7jb/the-theythem-option-in-battletech-is-about-so-much-more-than-choice [External Link]

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