Thread name change has been done. Credit where it's due: the GOG staff member that I reached out to responded very quickly.

Here is a good example (this one is brand new in days 2)
https://www.gog.com/en/game/being_a_dik_season_2

This kind of stuff dosen't belong on a site like the one I used to know. I don't know

I think censorship (for violent or sexual content) is not a substitute for education.

I'm a fairly intelligent, critical, well educated, middle aged man. I have a well developed filter that I can use to parse fiction from reality and determine what actions represented in games should remain in the realm of fiction.

I'm glad GOG is diversifying. I'm always open to expand my horizons, gaming and otherwise.

Honestly, I'm not the target demographic for this game, but if it was dirt cheap (like maybe 1$), I'd probably try out the first instalment in the franchise to satisfy my curiosity, though I doubt I'd play it to completion or pick up the second instalment.

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I vaguely recall some literature I read in the past to explain the different between conservatism and liberalism (explained by curiosity vs revulsion), but I have heavy liberal slant (I'm very curious).

My sense of curiosity is significantly stronger than my sense of revulsion, though also strongly tempered by a sense of caution (hence why I've never tried drugs) and a sense of empathy for others (hence why I don't engage in experiences that hurts others).

Playing a stupid game doesn't endanger me or hurt others, hence curiosity wins over revulsion I share about the questionable ethical mores explored in the game.

That being said, once the curiosity is gone, only the revulsion remains, hence why I'd be unlikely to complete the game or play the sequel.

so your opinion on porn games is....?

Put some age restriction to give parents authority over what they expose their children to and otherwise let them be.

If the game doesn't have any appeal other than sex, its reviews will tank (sex isn't great for holding people's attention for any length of time as most relationships solely based on it will attest).

If the game has something to offer beyond that, then it is a decent game with sexual elements in it (and as in life, sex can have a place in games, it just can't occupy all the space as that will make it too one-dimensional).

It is simply an additional dimension for games to explore. Sometimes, when I play a game and there is a romantic connection between the characters, sex is an obvious by-product of that connection. Forcefully removing the sex from it feels as contrived as splashing sex all over the place with no rhyme or reason.

Given that the store requires payment to purchase games and that I believe you can't get a credit card (or Paypal account) before you are 18 in Canada, this puts an age restriction to purchase games directly from the store right there.

Otherwise, I wouldn't give my (yet to exist) children direct access to my GOG account. The "sexual depictions" would be the least of my worries, there are some pretty violent and otherwise disturbing games here that I wouldn't want my pre-teens exposed to before they've had the chance to gather a bit more life experience and perspective.

If they want to watch explicit sexual content, I think free to access porn sites give a far lower barriers of entry to minors than sites requiring a credit card to access content.

That's like arguing that "not doing business" doesn't necessarily mean not doing *any* business.

If "not doing business" doesn't mean not doing business, it doesn't mean anything at all, and language becomes degraded and is no longer an effective tool for communication.

Welcome to the USA.
Violence, blood, body parts, massacres?
No problem as long as the body part is not a naked female breast...

At the same time the biggest supplier of porn.





Btw, its funny to see where this thread is heading now...

Not really. If you do business during only certain months of the year, there'd be nothing wrong with saying you're "not doing business" during the other months.

Similarly, based on what was posted here, T4T has been boycotting during (at least most of) 2021, and will also be boycotting during 2022. Taking a very short break from the boycott doesn't mean that there was no boycott.

He probably deserves an achievement, or Nobel Peace Prize, but beyond that, it looks an awful lot like virtue signaling -- especially when he claims he's "offering GOG an olive branch".

Speaking of: I find it odd that CMs cannot change thread titles, yet they can remove entire threads.

That they did


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You mean just like some here when they say/infer/imply that OP isn't boycotting enough or in the right way? ;)

Virtue signaling. Interesting label, that. It's always seemed to me like an easy out for people who don't care too much about personal integrity to rationalize it as motivated by attention seeking, so as to suppress and disregard the notion that other people might have some actual integrity (and also an easy but potent way for trolls to instigate some emotionally charged chaos). I can't know what your actual motivations are, of course, just like neither of us can know T4T's motivations.

My personal take on GOG's recent communication isn't the same as T4T's, but I see no issue with rewarding what's seen as good behavior.

Regardless, in this case, to the extent GOG is affected by this boycott, it's also important for them to understand people's intentions, so expressing them is crucial IMO.