The original controversy in question is detailed here.
Looks like they were ashamed of their words and deeds after all.
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The original controversy in question is detailed here.
Looks like they were ashamed of their words and deeds after all.
Not to say it wasn't a terrible look originally, it's cool they fixed it in a way that made sense in the game world with someone calling out the statement direct. Kinda makes you think that if you can be inclusive if you want and it still doesnt fuck with narrative vision as people are often to use as an excuse.
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Same, especially considering that the original text even ends on "I have no empirical data and base my theory on assumption", which was an indicator for me that the text is intended to be read as a text written by a shoddy scientist, but it's still very good that this has been adressed to avoid misunterstandings.
Death Stranding always seems like something that's extremely not my jam, but good on them for doing something like this. Hopefully it inspires them to be a little more thoughtful when broaching these subjects in the future.
I'm ace spectrum and I appreciate this. I actually have some complex feelings on the original piece because while it very much missed the mark overall, elements of it made me feel very seen in a way I hadn't been before in fiction. Keeping it in but adding a detailed addition to context is a good move (an in-world disclaimer no less!). Kojima has traditionally ignored these types of criticisms before so seeing this one addressed stands out and hopefully will inform future writing.
Just to be clear on the "it was a translation issue" thing, I addressed it in my Polygon article and as a fluent Japanese speaker, I do not agree it was a translation issue. I want to see if this update also made it into the Japanese version, I hope it did (because Japanese asexual people also felt it was not right).
Sorry to bump (I've only just found out about the change) - anyone know if the change did make it in to the Japanese version?
Not gonna lie, this is very confusing to me. I'm not asexual and after reading the entire thing I'm not sure what was controversial? Someone smarter than me could probably educate me on this issue. And what was the change they made?
Yeah I don't really understand it either even after reading the old and new ones, would love an explanation too.
Someone can probably speak to it better than i can, but if I remember right the game originally was saying that because the world got all messed up and lots people got depressed and became asexual implying it was a bad thing, whereas actual asexuality is the same as any kind of sexuality and there's nothing wrong with it.
