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This is absurd nonsense.

Again, not all games need to be for everyone.

The games in question have a target demographic that they are appealing to. And they’re very, very successful among that demographic. It's a shame that some people who want to beat these game cannot, but that's not anyone’s fault.

and it's absurd to assert that anyone understanding that not all pieces of art that can be enjoyed by a deaf and blind quadriplegic must inherently be an ableist for acknowledging that.

It's absurd to imply it's a moral imperative of devs to accommodate all possible peoples with all possible disabilities,

The same way a blind person's inability to play most (all?) platformers is not the fault of the devs of those games, the same way it's not a record label's fault that deaf people can't listen to their music.

The idea that it’s "ableist" to make a game that isn't for everyone is more than a little silly.

If someone has some sort of disability that makes them genuine incapable of completing Dark Souls (extremely rare), that is not a failing of Fromsoft to not accommodate that person.

No, but you can make a difficulty that creates that accomplishment in the vast majority.

Soulsborne games are insanely popular, Hollow Knight is considered one of the greatest indie games of all time, and people are praising Silksong just as much.

If someone absolutely refuses to engage with the game as-is, they fundamentally aren't interested in the game at its core.

Which is fine. A game doesn't need to be for everyone.

The whole point of games like Dark Souls or Silksong is to keep running up against a difficult obstacle until you finally beat it. These games are based around that feeling of accomplishment that comes with overcoming difficulty.

In this case, if you give players a button that skips a difficult encounter, a significant number of players will press it the moment they feel the slightest bit challenged, not knowing that they're actively ruining their own experience by refusing to engage with the game and overcome the challenge

Players do not inherently know what the most engaging level of difficulty is for them, and they will gladly make it too easy when given the chance.

Players optimizing the fun out of a game is a known thing in game design.

I remember when DMCV came out, there were a noticeable number of people saying the game was boring.

When I asked them what difficulty they played on, they said always said, without fail, "Easy-Auto".

As in, they chose the difficulty made to be braindead, and complained that it was braindead.

That’s an incredibly weird take that doesn’t hold up to the slightest bit of scrutiny.

No, they are not beholden to other indie devs.

I know it’s secondary to your actual point, but isn't it entirely possible for their to be "white folks afraid of the city" who are 'afraid of the city' for non-racist reasons?

I would argue that’s the case for most people 'afraid of the city', actually.

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This is the best team crossover video I've ever seen.

What part of Deus Ex is anti-expression?

Take a step back and look at who you’re running defense for, here. Is it worth downplaying pedophilia to 'own the chuds' or whatever?

You're willing to call some a white supremacist because they said George Floyd shouldn't be idolized, but aren’t willing to call someone a pedo when they say they have sexual urges about children, are into ageplay, defend their pedo urges, and use a vibrator while playing with children?

Funny how you don’t acknowledge the fact that they act as if their "POCD" is cured, even though actual OCD doesn’t work like that at all

Valens admitted to having sexual thoughts about children.

Having sexual thoughts about children is a sign of pedophilia.

Lying about no longer having sexual thoughts about children suggest that the problem isn't actually addressed.

Even if it *were* addressed, people are right to Valens and their urges disgusting and abhorrent.

I certainly am. I take myself VERY seriously.

Ana didn't say "managed", they say "overcame", they say they "used to have it".

And a non-offending pedophile is better than an offending one, certainly.

Both are disgusting, though, and will evoke visceral reactions from anyone who cares about children.

Yeah, no, it’s really hard to believe that this kind of thing just goes away.

Even if we’re framing this as OCD, does any other form of OCD just disappear completely? Or is it just conveniently the abhorrent variant that can be miraculously removed from a person’s mind?

If someone enough sexual thoughts about children for it be classes a disorder, there is no acceptable way to frame that.

That person is going to be seen as disgusting to most people.

The ageplay and incest stuff really don't help either.

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