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"What does their being lesbians have to do with it?"

"How is that different from a cover where exactly one of them is a guy? If it were a guy and a girl about to kiss each other, would you have the same problem?"

Can you guys give me examples though? I dont think Ive ever seen such a thing as straight romance advertised on a game's cover.
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PokeyMinch: Add to that the ability to hide soundtracks and DLCs. You end up seeing way less unique titles when every new release has a special edition and a soundtrack/DLC.
Or the ability to only show soundtracks and DLC's. Sometimes I want to check what DLC's I'm missing from games I own (I'm quite an obsessive compulsive perfectionistic completionist). But I've yet to find a handy way to do so.
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PokeyMinch: "What does their being lesbians have to do with it?"

"How is that different from a cover where exactly one of them is a guy? If it were a guy and a girl about to kiss each other, would you have the same problem?"

Can you guys give me examples though? I dont think Ive ever seen such a thing as straight romance advertised on a game's cover.
Here you go! :P

Which brings me to my next question. While I admit I couldn't find any other game covers featuring people 'about to kiss', I had no problem finding plenty of them with shit being blown up, shot, attacked, punched, etc etc etc.
A lot of people would consider this to be NSFW, but you seem to draw a distinction.

Why is sex obscene but not violence?

With regard to DLCs. at first I agreed with hiding them but then I realized, how would I know they existed if they weren't there?
I play Project Highrise for three weeks and THEN find out there are all those cool add-ons? That's no fun. When I buy a game I want to know what else is available right then and there, or at least a link to where I can go see what else is available.
Post edited September 09, 2018 by tinyE
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PokeyMinch: "What does their being lesbians have to do with it?"

"How is that different from a cover where exactly one of them is a guy? If it were a guy and a girl about to kiss each other, would you have the same problem?"

Can you guys give me examples though? I dont think Ive ever seen such a thing as straight romance advertised on a game's cover.
Final Fantasy 8. (That's just the one example that comes to mind immediately.)

(Also, I'm not a guy.)
''Why is sex obscene but not violence?''

Well you're right we should also be able to hide violent games. Its just not really a good argument to come up with, saying that we need censorship for violence when video games and the internet are naturally violent.

Bottom line is GoG needs a game blacklist, and possibly a whole genre filter too.

As well as options to hide DLC, a simple checkbox to hide extra content would go a long way.
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PokeyMinch: ''Why is sex obscene but not violence?''

Well you're right we should also be able to hide violent games. Its just not really a good argument to come up with, saying that we need censorship for violence when video games and the internet are naturally violent.

Bottom line is GoG needs a game blacklist, and possibly a whole genre filter too.

As well as options to hide DLC, a simple checkbox to hide extra content would go a long way.
therein lies the bigger question: what is obscene?
If we are to establish a game blacklist, how do you we determine what goes on and what doesn't? Who decides what is appropriate and what isn't?

I for one don't think a picture of two girls about to kiss is obscene, but obviously you do, so who is right?
At this point its not about being obscene or not, its about the user wanting to see X content or not.

The blacklist would be user controlled, it would be simple as clicking a 'Hide/Ignore' button on a game's page.

You hide the games you want, I hide the games I want, we are both right, everyone wins.