For those who dont know I am talking about Steam's latest update. They increased from 3 to 10 the number of game tags you could filter out from your store, and turned them into hard filters. This means that Steam users can now effectively block certain genres from appearing while they browse.

Steam also allows (though this is older news) to filter out products that arent regular games, like software, movies, VR games or early access titles.

Now the question is, will GoG follow in those footsteps?

It would be really useful now considering that the 'New' section is filled with non-games like DLCs, soundtracks and special editions which truely hurt the browsing experience.

An adult section would also be welcome considering the amount of NSFW content that is being added constantly and mixed into the rest.

So far it seems like GoG is taking the Valve approach to things, that is waiting until its too late to react.

Check the profile.

From Canada
Two troll reviews: one about a soundtrack and one about a VN.

My guess: LePeureux

Check the reply, no relevance, two lines.

Why do you hang around these forums if you have nothing to contribute.

What is it lately with all these "NSFW" complaints?
This is the fourth or fifth that I stumble over.

When you're on work - stay off the internet.
Problem solved.

I'm at work. :P

No.

*waits for an applause*

Assuming the genres are correctly described. There have been many "adventure" games that are anything but. Many "RPG's" that are little more than FPS's with a paper-thin skill tree tacked on to fake "depth of progression". "Simulations" that include walking simulators (they're not remotely the same thing) and normal sports games. "RTS's" that are just dumbed down MOBA's. One of the biggest games on Steam is called "spot the accurate genre tag". I've often wondered the same. If your place of work has a strict policy against using the net for leisure and actively tracks what you do, you're likely to get into trouble anyway even with non "NSFW" stuff.

But you are your own boss - huge difference. ;) This!

While the acronym is literally Not Safe For Work - it is usually applied to any environment where such content would be embarrassing or not permitted.

For example, if I'm out in public on my phone I don't want a video with sensual moans to blare out causing everyone within earshot to give me dirty looks. If I'm in a public library I don't need full frontal titties showing up the screen prompting a nearby kid to ask "what's that?"

I DO WHAT MY CAT TELLS ME TO DO!

Well, there is such a thing as "personal responsibility".

If I feel the urgent need to click on these video-links/pics, maybe I should do it in a private environment - and not in public.
Apart from that - headphones and/or reduced volume can work wonders.
That's ok.
As long as you don't do what your neighbor's dog is telling you to do...that usually doesn't end well.

As I pointed out, GOG does have mis-classified games as well (as I mentioned in my satire thread). The two example I can think of are:
* Mary Skelter: Nightmares was misclassified as a Visual Novel (this has been fixed)
* Bard's Tale Trilogy still has the "Action" tag; the limited real-time elements in the trilogy are not even close enough to make it an action game (and the only time it really matters, the Death Snares, are just timed adventure-game style puzzles, which still aren't action gameplay, and which haven't even been implemented in the game yet)

The "adventure" game tag should really be reserved for games that have a lot of adventure-game style gameplay, like traditional adventure games and games like La-Mulana.

The problem comes if you end up on a webpage that has such content by accident, especially if there's no warning. (This can also apply to triggering content: There's at least one example of triggering content (videos or audios showing scenes from IRL murders (like shootings or terrorist attacks)) that the Community Manager has determined is against the rules to post here.)

It doesn't help that many popular websites, including youtube, auto-play video with audio, which I consider to be bad etiquette on the Internet (and which I wish were not possible in modern web browsers).

But you know that there will be sound, if you click on a YT video (or a link to a YT video).
Nobody is keeping you from preemptively turning your volume down on this occasions.

I consider it bad practice for a website to auto-play video, and with popular websites doing so the problem will only spread.

Also, one might end up at a NSFW youtube (or other) video without intending to.
* A user could misclick. This is espeically a problem when a website moves in between the user pressing (or deciding to press) the mouse button and the web browser registering that click.
* A link's destination might not be obvious. (It could, for example, be a URL shortener.)
* A website might autoplay video or audio while not being one that one would expect to. (For example, I have encountered this on wikis when not using an ad blocker, and some news sites autoplay video.)

Also, muting only solves part of the problem; silent videos can still cause issues (epilepsy is one example).

The whole NSFW thing goes beyond exposing that content in public, its also about wanting to separate it from the rest.

When you go to rent a movie, you dont see adult movies blended with the rest, and for a good reason.

When you go see a movie at the theater, you dont see adult movie posters plastered on the walls, and for a good reason. If there are any posters they wont be showing explicit content.

When you go do Mc Donalds, you dont want to see dick shaped Mc Nuggets on the menu right next to what you're thinking of ordering.

GoG needs to separate games that are meant to entertain from those that only try to give you a hard on.