It's unclear whether the Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) will survive Congress, but regulation focused on Big Tech is going to include video games. What happens next?
Haven’t executives themselves done enough damage by demanding excessive crunch, releasing remakes/remasters that censor or remove content present in the original game, putting in half-assed inclusivity measures that anger many and please no one (Pro-Tip: Body Type only works as a replacement for Gender select if you have options outside of Buff Dude or Curvy Chick. Aint nobody but a damn right wing troll who identifies as “Not Funny” is going to put she/her pronouns on the buff dude), forcing voice actors out of the industry in favor of random celebrities, and demanding every game have a FOMO-Fueled Battle Pass?
I really don’t need some out-of-touch pro-censorship blowhard telling me that my boomer shooters can only feature the thrills of “Shooting Non-Intimidating Robots with Nerf Guns”
Please no…
Haven’t executives themselves done enough damage by demanding excessive crunch, releasing remakes/remasters that censor or remove content present in the original game, putting in half-assed inclusivity measures that anger many and please no one (Pro-Tip: Body Type only works as a replacement for Gender select if you have options outside of Buff Dude or Curvy Chick. Aint nobody but a damn right wing troll who identifies as “Not Funny” is going to put she/her pronouns on the buff dude), forcing voice actors out of the industry in favor of random celebrities, and demanding every game have a FOMO-Fueled Battle Pass?
I really don’t need some out-of-touch pro-censorship blowhard telling me that my boomer shooters can only feature the thrills of “Shooting Non-Intimidating Robots with Nerf Guns”