Gaming

2950 readers

668 users here now

!gaming is a community for gaming noobs through gaming aficionados. Unlike !games, we don’t take ourselves quite as serious. Shitposts and memes are welcome.

Our Rules:

1. Keep it civil.

Attack the argument, not the person. No racism/sexism/bigotry. Good faith argumentation only.

2. No sexism, racism, homophobia, transphobia or any other flavor of bigotry.

I should not need to explain this one.

3. No bots, spam or self-promotion.

Only approved bots, which follow the guidelines for bots set by the instance, are allowed.

4. Try not to repost anything posted within the past month.

Beyond that, go for it. Not everyone is on every site all the time.

Logo uses joystick by liftarn

founded 1 year ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

280

A comical old game review for the Sims 2, ripping them for microtransactions. (lemmy.world)

submitted 4 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

21 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] Gullible 1 points 4 months ago

Depends on the magazine and time period whether this would be considered particularly crass. In 07, it was far more acceptable to suggest someone faceless kill themselves. Online etiquette hadn’t become mainstream yet and game magazines were rife with extreme toxicity. Coupled with the fact that the editor let it through, I’m pretty sure EA had a lot to do with the reviewer’s removal. The writer, who continued in the industry elsewhere, has vocally asserted exactly that. Their reviews for sims content packs are scathing but others are reasonable, for perspective. Look up steve hogarty pczone articles if you care to confirm.

And I agree, anyone who isn’t actively ruining society should feel safe within it. Video games aren’t worth any level of moral outrage.