@-wc- I’d say you’re half-right. Censorship doesn’t have to be after the fact. A publisher or platform (or government) that leans on a creator to alter their creation is exercising censorship just as much as one that demands that the finished work, or portions of it, be removed or altered after it’s been published.
All major platforms practice censorship. According to this article, the game passed through PlayStation’s censorship but not Xbox’s. Companies do have the right to decide which goods to stock on their shelves, after all. Any platform that refused to censor ANYTHING would soon be flooded with content so vile that no reputable game publisher or gamer would want to be associated with it.
That said, I don’t know anything about this game, but if the other comments are accurate and we’re talking about an exposed bra, it sounds like Xbox is being silly. But I don’t own an Xbox (and apparently will never have to).
He was a mainstream Democrat. That’s just a fact. This isn’t the forum for political debates, so I won’t try to provide context for the above criticisms (which I understand) but I’ll point out that if you’re determined to hate everyone who held Lieberman’s views you won’t have much bandwidth left for anything else.
He was a Connecticut senator for four terms and I voted for him twice: first against Weicker and not again until it was him or Ned Lamont, and I don’t regret either vote. I disagreed with him on most issues, but he was sane and decent. If you’re in your 50s and someone shows you a reel of MK fatalities and tells you that’s being marketed to children, you might feel the same as he did. The ESRB seems to have worked out okay.
This seems like a petty reason to celebrate a man’s death.
Myst is great, but I’ve played it in so many variations on so many platforms that I’m fine with never playing again. Looking forward to the new Riven, and does Cyan not have the rights to Myst 3, 4, 5 and URU? Those games are never mentioned and I never played 5 or URU and the other two were fun—I’d love to play them again on modern hardware.
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Re: Upcoming Saturn Tribute Reissue To Skip Xbox Due To "Provocative Expressions"
@-wc- I’d say you’re half-right. Censorship doesn’t have to be after the fact. A publisher or platform (or government) that leans on a creator to alter their creation is exercising censorship just as much as one that demands that the finished work, or portions of it, be removed or altered after it’s been published.
All major platforms practice censorship. According to this article, the game passed through PlayStation’s censorship but not Xbox’s. Companies do have the right to decide which goods to stock on their shelves, after all. Any platform that refused to censor ANYTHING would soon be flooded with content so vile that no reputable game publisher or gamer would want to be associated with it.
That said, I don’t know anything about this game, but if the other comments are accurate and we’re talking about an exposed bra, it sounds like Xbox is being silly. But I don’t own an Xbox (and apparently will never have to).
Re: Joe Lieberman, The Senator Who Tried To Ban Mortal Kombat, Has Passed Away
He was a mainstream Democrat. That’s just a fact. This isn’t the forum for political debates, so I won’t try to provide context for the above criticisms (which I understand) but I’ll point out that if you’re determined to hate everyone who held Lieberman’s views you won’t have much bandwidth left for anything else.
Re: Joe Lieberman, The Senator Who Tried To Ban Mortal Kombat, Has Passed Away
He was a Connecticut senator for four terms and I voted for him twice: first against Weicker and not again until it was him or Ned Lamont, and I don’t regret either vote. I disagreed with him on most issues, but he was sane and decent. If you’re in your 50s and someone shows you a reel of MK fatalities and tells you that’s being marketed to children, you might feel the same as he did. The ESRB seems to have worked out okay.
This seems like a petty reason to celebrate a man’s death.
Re: White Owl's 'Dreamcast Encyclopedia' And 'History of the Adventure Video Game' Books Launch This Month
I’m interested in the book on adventure games, but why no mention of Infocom? I take it that it doesn’t cover text adventures.
Re: A New Mobile Version Of Myst Is Coming This Thursday For iOS
Myst is great, but I’ve played it in so many variations on so many platforms that I’m fine with never playing again. Looking forward to the new Riven, and does Cyan not have the rights to Myst 3, 4, 5 and URU? Those games are never mentioned and I never played 5 or URU and the other two were fun—I’d love to play them again on modern hardware.