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These days, it's nearly impossible to find a good game that can't be criticized for something. The Witcher, Doom, Fallout, Baldur's Gate, Diablo, Cyberpunk, GTA, Counter-Strike, etc. — all these games can be accused of anything from excessive violence to sexism, not to mention that many of them contain "adult elements". If we allow uneducated hypocrites to decide what is allowed and what isn't, there will be nothing left that is allowed. For heaven's sake, even in the politically correct mainstream pop game Baldur's Gate 3 there is a whole "god of masochism" mentioned, and the player can go through a mmm… ritual with one of his followers. Not to mention The Bear. The essence of many games, especially RPGs, is not only in entertainment but also in raising complex and sensitive questions; in safely exploring our culture, ethics, and morality. The same applies to literature, cinema, and all other forms of art. If we let hypocrites and hypocritical corporations dictate what is allowed and what isn't, the world will quickly descend into dystopia — one of the kinds about which our favorite RPGs are. Only in RPGs we play as all-powerful protagonists who save the world, whereas in real life, we'll be crushed one by one, just like people are in many less fortunate countries today. *We must unite and resist.* |