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GrizzlyCow
May 30, 2011
A lot of stuff he said I agree with, but it felt like he was masturbating the entire time. I couldn't make it through his writing; the guy is kind of insufferable.

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GrizzlyCow
May 30, 2011
There's a pretty good line between creating different sapient species and races with different intelligence levels and all that and coupling those same races with real world stereotypes and depictions of real marginalized people. The former can be done competently and non-offensively even in games, but the latter can't.

Like, I don't know why they needed a stand in for Black and Latino people in Shadowrun. Fantasy races in games shouldn't be trying to draw from real world peoples because poo poo like the intelligence cap and stuff. Even more innocent examples, in my opinion, like the Redguard from the Elder Scroll series messes that stuff up.

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