Recent content by Helmholtz Watson

Because the game was made by Japanese developers and it was created with Japanese people as the target audience and it shouldn't be a surprise that Japanese games might be reflective of Japanese cultural norms? If your looking for more reasons why, how about the fact that Japanese game...

Did the movie give any suggestion about there being a sequel?

So then I assume that it would also "needlessly limi[t] human relationships" if the game didn't have corrupt politicians, tax collectors, verbally abusive boyfriends that go after girls with low confidence, or victims of violence and/or rape in the "life simulator"? Seriously, since when...

No, Japanese companies should not have to give into pressure from people that want to act like Ugly American{footnote] I say Americans, but I mean the West.[/footnote] towards a Japanese game that was made by a Japanese company and was targeted towards a Japanese audience. By all means don't buy...

Regardless of what some study says, I'm not going to support minors taking sexually explicit pictures of themselves on their cellphones and sharing it with others. To people who do support such behavior, I seriously question their reason for supporting such illegal media.

As I stated prevously, it was a "descriptor" that wasn't relevant to the conversation because nobody said anything about the majority of the groups you listed. The only people that were mentioned were homosexual people. Such actions seems counterproductive to do, seeing as you seemed to know...

More like another one that doesn't have to blindly agree with you. The acronym was hardly relevant to the conversation at hand. Nobody said anything about people who are "Bisexual, Transgender, Transsexual, Queer, Questioning, A-Sexual, Intersex, [or] 2-Spirit". On top of that, your unprovoked...

I'm confused about something, what exactly does this have to do with video games? I mean its one thing for a individual person to post a thread in the forums but why is a staff member publishing something that seem to have nothing to do with the theme of this website? It seems as out of place to...

Your taking my post too literal, I was referring to what Seydaman had said about gay couples being murdered [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/forums/jump/7.844219.20798025] and how she thought those crimes are somehow relevant to video games and gamers. Fair enough, I'll stop.

I just edited that post, so please take a look at it. Now then... It becomes part of the thread when I'm told that these conventions are needed because of non-video game related issues and how its now the responsibility of video games to create "safe places". The idea that video games...

"how non-acceptance of LGBT people is all fine and good" You can try to "re-frame"I know you mean well, so I'm not going to accuse you of strawmaning. it however you like, but I wasn't talking about "non-acceptance"(i.e. telling LGBT they can't play video games), I was talking about how...

Who's morality? Yours? Why exactly do video games have to be the place for those "safe places"? Why should gamers have to do this when video games are not the cause of people being murdered or disowned? If I want to play GTA, COD, Halo, ect, why should I have to be dragged into political...

And your point still seems to mistake tolerance for acceptance. To give an example of what I'm referring to, just look at my stance towards Final Fantasy style combat in video games. I personally dislike FF style fighting where its turn-based. I've said many times that I don't like this...

They could argue that, but they would most likely be arguing about acceptance, where as I am referring to tolerance. Just because you tolerate something doesn't mean that you have to like or agree with it.

Should be accepting, the key word is should Accepting? Why should be have to be accepting? Why isn't it enough that we are tolerant? OP: As stated previously, I don't know why this is needed. I can't seriously think that it really matters whether or not your character in minecraft is...