“I think focusing on fan service and making it the main aspect [of games and anime] is really starting to change. Not just myself, but the dev team are really feeling that. Compared to the first game, we’re taking a different approach in terms of showing how appealing these characters are without having to rely on fan service. For Blue Reflection and other titles I’ve worked on, I’m seeing a change in how things are being perceived and the attitudes towards them. If you asked me, ‘Well, you’ve drawn a lot of sexy illustrations’ I would have to say that it isn’t because I like or dislike them, it’s that I’m creating things that fans and consumers enjoy looking at.”
Very few, if any, here will care about a niche game like Blue Reflection but it's the attitude shift that we've seen slowly but surely creep into gaming.
Again, idiots won't call this censorship because the developers decided to avoid the hassle altogether because to them, censorship is only changing a delivered product.
It's like the biggest gypsy switch in history. America sold us all on great stuff that was rivalled only by the best Britcoms and the best of NFB animation, and generally kicked ass, whether it was for the big screen or small. Growing up on the border, yeah, who wanted to watch the fucking Beachcombers when you can watch Bewitched?
And once everyone was hooked, they stepped on their product HARD, and now we're being offered shit that they insist on calling steak.
This is exactly what one of my mentors warned me about. About checking yourself just to go along with the crowd - beware if you find yourself doing that, he said.
If all they can say after getting fucked by Sony is "thank you very much, keep it coming", I hame no sympathy left for them, they deserve whatever is coming to them.
On the topic of Japan becoming fucked, here's another piece of recent news - https://www.sankakucomplex.com/2021/10/15/light-novel-illustrator-mel-kishida-discusses-reducing-fan-service/
Very few, if any, here will care about a niche game like Blue Reflection but it's the attitude shift that we've seen slowly but surely creep into gaming.
Again, idiots won't call this censorship because the developers decided to avoid the hassle altogether because to them, censorship is only changing a delivered product.
Nothing is immune, only varying degrees of resistant. Welcome to 21st Century Imperialism, one built on "culture" and "morals".
It's like the biggest gypsy switch in history. America sold us all on great stuff that was rivalled only by the best Britcoms and the best of NFB animation, and generally kicked ass, whether it was for the big screen or small. Growing up on the border, yeah, who wanted to watch the fucking Beachcombers when you can watch Bewitched?
And once everyone was hooked, they stepped on their product HARD, and now we're being offered shit that they insist on calling steak.
That's exactly the problem.
Self censorship is still censorship.
This is terrible.
This is exactly what one of my mentors warned me about. About checking yourself just to go along with the crowd - beware if you find yourself doing that, he said.
I just want to highlight this because I find it to be extremely insightful.
Tell them the Hays Code wasn't censorship and look at their reactions
If all they can say after getting fucked by Sony is "thank you very much, keep it coming", I hame no sympathy left for them, they deserve whatever is coming to them.