Quoting: F.Ultra

Quoting: elmapulbut most of the time the changes arent trying to censor something for another audience that is bothered by this type of content

The SICs always makes this claim but is there any evidence what so ever that the devs made this change for "another audience" and not just because they themselves begun to feel uncomfortable with the original design?

I think this is a new game development studio stamping their mark. Skullgirls was developed by Lab Zero until they imploded, and Hidden Variable Studios took over as stewards by the publisher. I am not sure if any of the original Skullgirls team work for Hidden Variable Studios now.

I suspect the 'other audience' are the developers themselves, who may love the concept of Skullgirls but, perhaps, did not enjoy the degree certain themes were taken.

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Quoting: Eike

Quoting: elmapul

Quoting: slaapliedjeAs far as hating on removal of racist imagery making you a racist? What if it is important to the story line that you are taking out a band of racists, but some sensitivity editor decides that shouldn't be in the game, and now you're just killing a bunch of random people? :P

a good example of that is the series "everybody hate criss" wich have a bunch of racist jokes that are intended to show how absurd racism is, it make fun, mock how ridiculuous racism is all the time, yet it feature racism to show that.
should it be censored too?

I didn't play Skullgirls, but my guess is that this game does not actually think about racism/nazism, but is just using it for, well... fun? In contrast, Svoboda 1945 [External Link] e.g. obviously needs nazis.

Skullgirls uses it as a trope to tell you -in a not so subtle way- that these 'good guys' are not good at all. It tells you quickly what ideology they follow. It's very much follows the Mitchell and Web sketch: 'Are we the bad guys?'.

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Quoting: neffo

Quoting: kit89The removal of armbands seems exceptionally pointless considering they kept the soldiers pointy helmets (WWI German Soldier).

WWI there were no Nazis though yeah. So, what's your point? Nobody is suggesting representation of Germans is a bad thing.

Yes, I forgot WWI German soldiers didn't involve themselves in any atrocities of their own. It doesn't have to be directly related to the Nazis to be a symbol that is reprehensible.

The pointy helmet and the red armband are not subtle associations to the horrendous acts of WWI and WWII, and if you are going to remove one, then I'd argue any decent person should then remove the other, as the arguments for one can easily be applied to the other.

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The removal of armbands seems exceptionally pointless considering they kept the soldiers pointy helmets (WWI German Soldier).

The de-sexualisation also appears utterly pointless as the sexualised ethos is still firmly in place. It's like putting socks on while being bare butt naked.

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Quoting: BladePupper

Quoting: legluondunetNintendo is an innovative company and produces user-friendly games, switch emulators must be costing them a lot of money.

I'm mostly curious as to how nintendo has innovated in the past decade and even since the release of the switch. Also yes bleem was definitely a thing and its legal precedent is still massively important.

The Switch was a huge innovation in itself. The Steam Deck is a complete rip off of that, as are all the Aya and other devices. Add to that that they make the best games and they don't need to be innovating any more in the near future.

I agree BTW they're a backwards and customer hostile company, but it's their IP and they can do anything they want with it.

I am not certain the Switch can be given credit for being innovative here, last I heard the Switch was the hardware from the Nvidia Shield Portable after Shield died on the vine.

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Tried to preorder the controller in the UK but Amazon stated there was a problem with the item, anyone else having this issue?

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It's gonna be the support that makes or breaks this product (along with a price tag that is too high). With the Steam Deck, you might not be able to run all your games but you know the majority will, and you know Valve will be supporting it for years to come.

I imagine this will have support from ASUS for 2 years, if lucky?

Personally, for me, if I am shelling out a few hundred (or a grand+) I want a shelf life of at least 4-6 years.

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Picked up a 6800 a couple years back, will be keeping with it, who knows maybe I can warrant a new GPU when the 8000 series comes along.

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I wish they had stuck it in the 200-250 bracket on price.

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Does anyone know when these cards will be released in the EU, specifically the UK?

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