2nko

joined 4 months ago
[–] 2nko@lemmy.wtf 28 points 10 hours ago

To be honest trying to censor videogames, a digital medium for art, is no different than trying to censor an actual art piece you'd find at a museum.

If someone said "EW, censor the David sculpture! It's so obscene!" almost anybody would be opposed to it. "what about the kids" would be met with a simple "do your job as a parent if it brothers you so much".

This should be no different in other forms of arts such as videogames, however, people fail to apply the same logic because society can't still accept videogames as actual art pieces. We have seen this times again as companies shut down servers and make videogames unplayable, refusing to allow a way to keep the game running by hosting a private server or such.

Luckily, movements like "stop killing games" are getting enough coverage to the point it became genuinely meaningful and discussed in Parliaments.

I am someone that doesn't play NSFW games personally, however, I believe one should be able to play whatever they want as long as the game isn't actively harassing deeply someone (say racism in such a way that instigates it instead of spreading awareness. a game showing how bad racism is in a comedic way with fun jokes is okay but one that is designed to make one racist is not).

[–] 2nko@lemmy.wtf 6 points 3 months ago

what is happening in the US is of course a serious matter and I am happy we have places, communities etc. that keep on spreading awareness about such topics. 

This said, like other folks have already mentioned, there are also places where you want to take a gasp of air and just have a nice laugh. 

Awareness on these topics is undoubtedly important but done so in the right places. 

the comment of the moderator to reason the deletion of the political post is more than reasonable and done wonderfully and it's sad to see the unfortunate response of this user, playing almost victim. 

Let us continue to talk about the politics around the world and spread information and awareness BUT done in a way that allows others to also have a moment to take a breath in places where they momentarily don't want to be bombarded with x bad thing happening in y place and how this leads to z