I'm too old for this community, aren't I?

Definitely Coffin Princess Chaika. Absolutely. Couldn't possibly be anything else.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Unless it's a physical Collector's Edition that comes with extra stuff like a physical statue or prop or whatever. Digital Collector's Editions are not real Collector's Editions.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 11 points 3 days ago

He is not a fully grown man. He is still a boy.

A real man wears his Gamer status loud and proud, and doesn't care how it makes other people think.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 1 points 3 days ago

Looks like an Evangelion pilot plugsuit.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 15 points 3 days ago

Thankfully for publishers and unfortunately for us, it is not retroactive. But I do wish that it was.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 4 points 4 days ago

Wait a few months, Switch 2 seems so similar to Switch 1 its possible that is the reason Nintendo went so aggressively against Yuzu and Ryujinx. Developers could easily fork the code to get a massive head start on a Switch 2 emulator, again assuming that the architectures are similar enough.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 3 points 5 days ago

Just pirate both and spend the money on gambling like a real pirate lol

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 32 points 5 days ago

A bunch of drunken sailors who spend money irresponsibly?

So... pirates?

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 0 points 6 days ago

I mean, any person that tries to learn history from video games or movies alone is pretty dumb. In order for it to be entertaining, artistic liberties often need to be taken which usuaally means the final product is not historically accurate. The thing with Assassin's Creed games is that where history was involved, in the past they tried to be as accurate to real life as possible. The layouts of cities, the appearance and roles of real historic characters, etc. In more recent years they have tossed that out the window, but historic accuracy on elements not related to the assassin storyline was something Assassin's Creed prided itself on.

Even still, most only have a single text screen at the very beginning that just says "this is a work of fiction." I don't know that I would call that emphasis, but it is present. I also haven't tried this mod myself, but I don't see that it would be portraying itself as real events unless it says "this is based on real events." I have always assumed that video games are a work of fiction, even if they are based on real events. If I wanted to learn more about the real events, I would do research on my own.

I suppose at the end of the day more context is needed. Did Valve contact the mod author prior to takedown to request a change in the mod description to add a "work of fiction" tag and the author refused? If Valve just straight up removed it without even contacting the author, I think that is not good.

I am concerned that censorship might become greater with this action. What other governments will say to Valve "remove X or Y game/mod because it is offensive or portrays real life characters or events improperly?" Ideally none, but still. I don't exactly agree with the context of this mod and entirely understand why it would be offensive, but at the same time I think that a mod author or game developer should be free to create whatever they want, without fear of censorship removing their work.

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 2 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

EDIT:

Valve has denied reports its pulled a controversial mod from Steam around the world at the request of the South Korean government, saying the mod was only blocked in South Korea and only because it broke local laws. The mod's author is said to be behind its global removal.

EDIT: This was important information I was not privy to when I originally made this comment. This makes more sense and is completely understandable.

Original comment below:


I feel like this opens the door to banning any "alternative history" setting for a game or mod on Steam.

For example, if someone wanted to make a mod about WWII but aliens invaded Earth and the Allies and Axis decided to make an agreement to become allies to repel the alien invasion, how would that be different from this? That would effectively make Nazis "good guys" in that alternative historical setting. Obviously, that is something that never happened in real history, but if someone is interested in real historical events, it should be on them to do their research, not a video game developer or a mod author.

Unless there is specific context where a government is pointing to this mod saying that's "how it really happened," would not a disclaimer saying that the events in the game are not based on reality and set in an alternative timeline be sufficient?

[-] RightHandOfIkaros@lemmy.world 193 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

People did care, which is why people who played games competitively continued to use CRT monitors well into the crappy LCD days.

Heck, some people still use CRTs. There's not too much wrong with them other than being big, heavy, and not being able to display 4k or typically beeing only 4:3.

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