Dead Or Alive Xtreme 3
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Over the past few days there's been some drama revolving around the release of this game, which is basically a volleyball/dating game involving scantily clad women. The developer's community manager basically came out and said straight up that they weren't dealing a regular release in the west because they didn't want to deal with the SJW types. But then out came some news from Playasia, a company that helps with importing games from Asia, came out and said the game could still be available through them which got a bunch of the SJW types all in a tizzy.
Many in the video game media got all upset at the use of the phrase SJW (social justice warrior), resulting in various game developers laughing in their face along with a variety of gamers. So a bunch of the media folks are all complaining how the volleyball game is essentially promoting sexism, rape culture, and blah blah blah.
It's weird seeing the effects of the prudishness on the part of the media affecting what games really get brought over to the US. I have to wonder how many gay dating sims would be available in the US if not for those few people in the media.
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I think the arguments around this game are a hilarious double standard. A lot of those SJWs complain that when they constantly try to shame other people for having their viewpoints or silence them or call them sexist that "it's not censorship." Then when an obviously Japanese spokesperson writes on Facebook that one of the reasons they're not taking a chance with localizing this game is because of the climate, they say that it isn't censorship.
That's bull honkey, because first of all there are two types of censorship, internal and external. For instance, when you decide to put on clothes to go outside, you're censoring yourself to conform to the standards of polite society. Or when a writer decides to tone down their work because they may have gone over the top, that too, is censoring yourself. So yeah, not every from of censorship is necessarily bad, but this idea that all historical censorship came from a direct imperative from government is naive. There are plenty of places and times where it developed because of extreme social ostracizing. Gay people know this only too well. It's like saying, "Gay people suck, but I'm not censoring you, because you have the right to do what you want." It's completely ridiculous.
But anyway, I just hope one day they make Dead or Alive Xtreme game where you can ogle the men! >:D
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One thing's for sure, no-one is playing those games for their entralling storyling and enduring gameplay