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I wouldn't mind proper bosses; ala Borderlands .. I just don't think the 1m cube world can really support them well, we'd need arenas...

Hmm, the story elements are a little on the vague side; but taking at face value what khz is saying.. it Can fit the trope, imo. If it...

Seems to work for me, 2.6v14 .. it doesn't give it as a clean single update, rather there's about 3 random update events going on at...

Hmm.. I can't recall a case where capitulating to any moral outrage would've actually lead to increased sales... got a good clear...

This bit makes me want to ask, "What did you imagine the chicken I described in my second paragraph to look like?" ... :) (maybe a...

Well, chickens do happily eat chicken nuggies, so .. why not? Then again... wouldn't it be a lot easier to catch a chicken while it...

Hmm; if I were a kinder man, I might buy that. I don't see the the arguments in the thread / OP as merely urging caution; it sounds more...

I'd like to agree, but I can't really come up with a great example of an "undeniably racist" painting. "Happy merchant" is a notorious...

And to advocate for pre-emptive changes to the text; to avoid such an outcome. Textbook censorship. Not part of the debate perhaps, but...

"Perpetuating tropes" is the main accusation fueling this thread. "Does it generate outrage" seems to be quite the fickle beast, there...

Certainly; .. my confusion is: I don't think these issues are actually solvable. Like khz's offered solution above, Duke is no longer...

Ah, right; you said "disarms any potential issues", which I thought to mean there'd be no potential for the uproar. But no, you meant...

"Any" ..? One guy saying the N-word is enough for cancellation; one character being oversexualized gets the criticism; why would one...

I wouldn't expect that to be sufficient to appease that specific crowd; if you have an Indian running a crooked casino, you match to the...

I can't really see a lawsuit happening, TFP do live in the country and they're not likely to publish something that obviously...