The I'm Bored Thread

"Cinebar;c-17258102" wrote:
@SimsLovinLycan Please don't derail this thread. You are speaking about things not relevant to this topic. And since I have many men in my family it's offensive to say such a blanket statement of male coworkes. And sure people should carry it even when going for a walk, alone, etc. However, saying this (in a previous post in this thread) that this is a problem at all the gaming companies out there, where someone has to fear males is sexist, and there is no evidence known to the public this has sort of thing has happened at any of them, such as EA, Apple, or Google or whereever there is workers in AI. And this can go both ways, women often think they can pat someone on the back and it not be a problem for a male who may not bring it up as harrasment. But those conversations don't belong in my thread.

That's not just for the male co-workers. There are women who are creeps in the workplace too. But, yeah, that's a topic for another thread entirely (and, yeah, it's not all companies in the industry, but it is a pretty big problem none-the-less).

However, I do think that adults making bad decisions on behalf of kids is kind of relevant to the topic as far as the direction that this game has gone. Adults assuming that all kids want/need is an ankle-deep game with super-easy goals, nothing too scary/offensive/controversial, and a ton of hand-holding has had an impact on how dull TS4 can be, as well as impacting several recent all-ages games as well. Most people will point to the Gen6 and Gen7 Pokemon games as having a similar problem, thanks to their overly-long mandatory tutorial segments and rivals that are heavily toned down from the ones from the earlier generations. When you take the edge and challenge out of a game to make it more "kid-friendly," you ultimately end up making it more dull for players of all ages.