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SuaveSocialist on 17 May 2015
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MikeRox said:
SuaveSocialist said:

1.  I just answered the question.  Sounds like some other people are debating a different question.  The question asked if catering to women, homosexuals and minorities restricts creative freedom.  No, it does not.  The creator may do so without "being forced to include certain demographics for the sake of having those demographics".   Acknowledging the broader audience does not manifestly require that males, heterosexuals and the majority be removed from the equation and said acknowledgement is not indicative that the creator was "forced" to do so.  

2.  The creator may cater to women, homosexuals and minorities without having been forced to "do this, but must also have that".  As you said, the creator can put in whatever.  That very well may cater to women, homosexuals and minorities.

3.  This is irrelevant to what I said.

My answer remains unchanged.


1. You're answering the thread title, rather than what the thread itself is discussing though. So your answer is irrelevant to the thread in that case.

2. From OP: Using threats and false accusations is the tactic of a bully. This is why developers are beginning to feel pressured to include females, homosexuals and minorities in their games, even though creatively, they may never have intended to do so. That I believe, is infringing on the creative freedom of game developers and it should be exposed for what it is.

3. wasn't aimed at you, that was my thoughts.

1. The thread title is the subject of discussion for it is that which the OP tries to answer.  If an attempt to answer the question is irrelevant to the thread, then the thread has veered off-topic rather disastrously.   

2. That is a rather illogical train of thought and, in addition, erroneously suggests that acknowledgement of women, homosexuals and minorities in games is the result of coercion.  The end product, creatively, may have intended to acknowledge women, homosexuals and minorities from the get-go without such ambitions being owed to threats, false accusations, etc.  

3. Ah.  Gotcha.