Q:You do realize that all this "everything in video games must not be offensive" nonsense is just holding the industry back, right? If anything, games should be allowed to cover dark topics like racism and the like if the medium is to be taken seriously. If films were forced to be politically correct, then we would not have some of the greatest films of all time, and the same can be said for video games.
Mature themes can be very effective when they’re handled responsibly. A thought-out, well-researched narrative that comes from the right place can be extremely insightful, in any medium. But that’s not what we call attention to on FNVG.
What you see here are examples of irresponsible storytelling. Creators who don’t do their research, but try to make political statements about topics they don’t actually understand. Creators who lean heavily on shock value in hopes of motivating the player, then use it as a shortcut to characterization. Creators who buy into society’s bigoted narratives, punch down on oppressed people, and call it “subversive”. That’s not mature storytelling. It’s not insightful. It’s not groundbreaking. It’s boring, gutless exploitation, devoid of deeper meaning. Predicating a medium on that kind of dreck sets the bar incredibly low - and that’s where we’re at right now. We exist in a climate where politically-muddled, lazily-written, cash-grab nonsense is hailed as visionary, instead of being called out. And that’s bullshit.
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