Not just AAA titles, we need big players like Blizzard and EA to come aboard. I would especially like to see native Linux builds of Diablo 3, Hearthstone, and Heroes of the Storm. I love what companies like Feral and Aspyr have done, and Valve, of course, but they can't do it all.

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Purple Library GuyBut in that case, you shouldn't be complaining about political correctness...

Of course I can,

Of course you can. Free speech and all, we established that. But just because someone can do something does not mean they are justified in doing it.

because the question was asked with the sole purpose of injecting controversy into something that was otherwise completely non controversial.

"into something that was otherwise completely non controversial" . . . well, if you mean that the interviewer didn't ask any other controversial questions, I suppose that's a true statement, but so what? What would your point be? What kind of belief system sees controversy as inherently evil? Shortly ago you were defending your right to be obnoxious about attacking things you identify as "political correctness" on the basis of free speech. Even if you consider controversial speech inherently annoying or offensive (in which case you're forgetting the whole point behind freedom of speech, which is precisely to preserve controversial, political speech, seen as the important baby for whose sake the bathwater of rudeness, obscenity and so on must be grudgingly kept), your right to complain about it is identical to a controversial speaker's right to indulge in it. Trying to have it both ways is a contradiction.

For that matter, controversial is in the eye of the beholder. Many would consider categorical attacks on political correctness themselves "controversial". In which case you should be on your own case for the sin of controversy, while simultaneously defending yourself as exerciser of free speech.

If on the other hand you mean that the question's topic should not have controversy attached to it--well, no. You're wrong about that, and at a bare minimum a lot of people disagree with you in good faith and have serious reasons for doing so. Including but not limited to some of the things I pointed out before, which you have carefully ignored. Let us assume that you, too, have serious reasons for your stance, beyond just "I hate this topic and wish people would shut up about it" (although I have not seen them). If you have serious reasons for thinking things like all-white-characters are just fine, and other people have serious reasons for thinking they are problematic, then that is a situation that calls for argument, discussion, meeting of minds--not for the people who disagree with you to just stop. Which is to say, it is a controversy--it is controversial--and no amount of pretending it somehow shouldn't be will change the fact.

I guess you've never heard of manufactured controversy.

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It has a very strong Sins of a Solar Empire vibe to it, which is not a bad thing.

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Quoting: Mountain ManBut I can guarantee you that the politically correct hooligans would find some reason or other to be offended by it, even if that reason didn't make a lick of sense (which most political correctness doesn't).

For someone who claims not to care about the issue you're remarkably emotional about it.

This is known as projection. Whatever emotion you're reading into my comments is entirely in your own mind.

Quoting: KimyrielleIn all quite honesty - in my experience, if someone takes shots at "political correctness hooligans", it's almost 100% of the time coming from a member of the majority group who is actually -happy- with the status quo.

This has nothing to do with the status quo and everything to do with a politically correct busybody trying to generate contoversary out of thin air. If all the sprites featured green faces then I could just as easily see the PC brigrade demaning to know why there aren't characters with light green faces and dark green faces and, gee, aren't you a bigot for not better representing racial diversity in your fictional universe?

Quoting: KimyrielleYou claim not to care about whether every single character in a game is representing a race other than your own. At the same time it's obvious that members of minority groups take issue about them not being represented. So if change would make them happier while not making you any unhappier (that's what you claim!), it's actually the most logical course of action to implement that choice, no? So isn't taking shots at a group for wishing for something you allegedly have no stake in just a case of applied hypocrisy? Just curious.

It's not hypocritical at all because you're not understanding the issue at hand. I hope I have been able to clarify, but to reiterate, the developer should not be asked or expected to alter the game's artwork because there absolutely nothing morally or ethically wrong with the way it is currently.

Besides, there are more important things to take issue with than whether or not sprites with dark brown faces appear in a video game about a train trying to escape the zombie apocalypse. You ever hear the phrase "majoring on the minors"? Or how about "crying wolf"? Because both are apropos. You want to know why people are becoming increasingly dismissive of accusations of racism? Because of crap like this.

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Quoting: Purple Library GuyBut in that case, you shouldn't be complaining about political correctness...

Of course I can, because the question was asked with the sole purpose of injecting controversy into something that was otherwise completely non controversial. For crying out loud, the interviewer all but admitted it!

"There is one potentially controversial question I would like to ask."

What reason is there to ask such a question other than the desire to create controversy?

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I had heard the patch was being released today, but it looks like those plans have changed. I wonder if it has anything to do with the hotfix that was released for Windows at the same time as the DLC?

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Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: ricki42

Quoting: Mountain ManBecause the question is entirely predicated on the fallacy of political correctness.

Political correctness isn't a fallacy, it's [[...] a term primarily used as a pejorative to describe language, policies, or measures which are intended not to offend or disadvantage any particular group of people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness [External Link]). You calling something PC doesn't invalidate it. It's just a lazy way of dismissing somebody else's concerns.

You've got it the wrong way around. Political correctness is primarily used as a tool to silence dissenting opinions.

And yet, if we look at the pattern in this case, what we have is someone asking a question and being told to shut up on the basis that the question is "politically correct".

Look, the interviewer had every right to ask the question just as the developer had every right to wisely ignore it, and I have every right to point out that it was a stupid question. Do you understand how this whole freedom of speech thing works yet?

Quoting: Purple Library GuySo tell me honestly--would it weird any of you out if the game just happened, without any particular explanation, to have all black and brown people on the train, including the main character?

It wouldn't bother me in the slightest. That is if I even noticed because I don't fixate on things like that.

But I can guarantee you that the politically correct hooligans would find some reason or other to be offended by it, even if that reason didn't make a lick of sense (which most political correctness doesn't).

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I really liked this exchange:

Q:You might know that our readers are gamers, but they are also Linux users. So they would probably like to know, what is your motivation to port your game to Linux?
A: It’s quite simple, Unity supports export for Linux and Mac, so it didn’t take much time to make it. Also the more people playing our game, the better for us

It shows that supporting Linux is not difficult, time consuming, or costly as long as you use the right development tools and aim for cross platform support from the beginning. I really wish other developers would realize this. Maybe Vulkan will finally be the wake-up call?

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Quoting: ricki42

Quoting: Mountain ManBecause the question is entirely predicated on the fallacy of political correctness.

Political correctness isn't a fallacy, it's [[...] a term primarily used as a pejorative to describe language, policies, or measures which are intended not to offend or disadvantage any particular group of people](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Political_correctness [External Link]). You calling something PC doesn't invalidate it. It's just a lazy way of dismissing somebody else's concerns.

You've got it the wrong way around. Political correctness is primarily used as a tool to silence dissenting opinions. Case in point:

"Obama is the worst president in American history."
"You're only saying that because he's black!"
( "Oh no, that person thinks I'm racist! I better stop criticizing Obama." )

It gets us focusing on the wrong things. Like the color used for sprites in a game.

Quoting: ricki42

Quoting: Mountain ManWhat does it really matter if all the sprites in the game have faces that are one color instead of another?

You don't get to decide what matters to other people. If it doesn't matter to you, that's OK, but don't tell other people they can't mention it just because you don't care.

You didn't answer the question. What does it really matter if all the sprites in the game have faces that are one color instead of another?

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Quoting: ricki42

Quoting: Mountain ManMy respect for the developer actually went up a notch when I saw that because, to be frank, it was a stupid question and deserved to be ignored. I mean, seriously, why would you even think to ask a question like that? Who really cares if all the sprites in the game have tan colored faces?

Why was it stupid?

Because the question is entirely predicated on the fallacy of political correctness. What does it really matter if all the sprites in the game have faces that are one color instead of another?

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