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One of the consequences of accidentally releasing a developer's build of the game is the possibility of revealing removed content or inside jokes, as illustrated by a report on Kotaku about a discovery within the build of Dead Island inadvertently released on Steam (thanks nin). Word is a hunt through the game's code reveals the Gender Wars skill that allows Purna to deal extra damage to male opponents was originally called "Feminist Whore." This is confirmed with Techland, who indicate that while there weren't necessarily dire consequences for releasing a debug build instead of the final build of the game, there may be for this incident, as they say: "The person responsible for this unfortunate situation will face professional consequences for violating the professional standards and beliefs Techland stands for." Deep Silver also disavows this, saying: "These unfortunate actions were of one individual at developer company Techland and do not in any way represent the views of publishing company Deep Silver." Here's more of the response from Blazej Krakowiak, Techland International Brand Manager: The line in question was something a programmer considered a private joke. The skill naturally has a completely different in-game name and the script reference was also changed. What is left is a part of an obscure debug function. This is merely an explanation but by no means an excuse. In the end that code was made a part of the product and signed with our company name. We deeply regret that fact and we apologize to all our customers or anyone who might have been offended by that inappropriate expression.
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Draugr wrote on Sep 10, 2011, 02:29:
We already have real evidence about women being belittled in gaming culture (this article, and the comments it generates is evidence of it, though it's obvious we disagree there) But, I can give you examples of people that feel this way, if you'd like. I certainly didn't make them up. And again, I'm not saying that stuff like that couldn't happen. My point is that it is not indicative of the entire gaming community...most of whom probably will never become vocal on this subject.
Those 3 articles are no less anecdotal than any of my own experiences. The only difference is that I never blogged about, or posted on a website about, how great the events I attended were when it came to encouraging women to take part.
As for game content, you still have the monumental task of making game developers and publishers renounce the notion that sex sells. And the only way that will truly happen is if gamers in large numbers boycott products with offensive content in them. The likelihood of that happening is pretty darn slim because most gamers just want to get on with playing games...period.
As I said...good luck in your crusade. |
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