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Japan censors Baldurs Gate 3 (www.sankakucomplex.com)

posted 360 days ago by evilplushie 360 days ago by evilplushie +23 / -1

Baldur's Gate 3 for PS5 Removes Nudity and More in Censored Japanese Version

Spike Chunsoft, the publisher of Baldur's Gate 3 for PS5 in Japan, has announced changes made to the Japanese version, which include the removal of explicit content, to meet CERO standards.According to the publisher, changes will be made to the Japanese re...

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 5 points 359 days ago +5 / -0

You're acting like Leisure Suit Larry was a household name in gaming. I think we all know that's not the case.

Why did the Romans have pornographic artwork. Why did most cultures around the world. Because people are nasty, horny, beasts who like looking at titties.

Exposure and normalization of porn TO CHILDREN. Don't be obtuse.

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– Assassin47 1 point 359 days ago +1 / -0

I mean if we're being technical I don't think the Romans made any delineation between kids and adults seeing sexual artwork, even where they did have censors visiting houses. I recall reading some families had giant phalluses on the kitchen table "to promote fertility".

LSL was a household name but was explicitly marketed to adults. Your overall point about the shift in culture is correct, despite the fringe exceptions KeeperOfTheGate brings up.

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– The_Shadow_of_Intent 2 points 359 days ago +2 / -0

Word, I can't speak to the extent of Roman erotic artwork or the nudity of their sculptures. But to make a facile point, they didn't have man-bear sex simulators on their tables.

LSL was a household name but was explicitly marketed to adults. Your overall point about the shift in culture is correct, despite the fringe exceptions KeeperOfTheGate brings up.

Yeah, fair enough. I was aware of Leisure Suit Larry because I saw a review for it somewhere, but never played it. I don't even know if anyone else knew about it. Kids talked about GTA, Smash, Halo, Gears, Mario, Spyro, etc. The PC fielded strategy games like Starcraft/Warcraft and MMOs like WoW and EVE. Good times.

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– KeeperOfTheGate 1 point 359 days ago +1 / -0

I mean if we're being technical I don't think the Romans made any delineation between kids and adults seeing sexual artwork, even where they did have censors visiting houses. I recall reading some families had giant phalluses on the kitchen table "to promote fertility".

Correct. Phalluses were magical, basically. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fascinus

Like in the Renaissance, artwork and nude statues were common. Some of it sexual, some it not. You can find the same thing across the world. (See Lingam stones in India, neolithic phalluses in Europe, Phallic Egyptian deities, etc.)

LSL was a household name but was explicitly marketed to adults. Your overall point about the shift in culture is correct, despite the fringe exceptions KeeperOfTheGate brings up.

And BG3 is marketed towards children? It's 17+ on Steam. Leisure Suit Larry, with its zany, cartoony imagery, marketed alongside King's Quest, Quest for Glory, was certainly available and arguably marketed to children. My parents wouldn't let me get it, but I had friends who played it. (Maybe 5th/6th grade ages.)

The point again is not that things aren't more available now, or more explicit, or more degenerate. Everything has intenstified. The point is that the original statement, "that elementary school kids didn't have the ability to have sex with people in games 10-20 years ago" is just not true. I went back to the 1970s and 1980s with examples. Ten years ago was 2013. Do you really need a list of widely available games in ~2010 that had player fucking?

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