Re: DEI based game design

Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com> looked up from reading the
entrails of the porn spammer to utter  "The Augury is good, the signs
say:

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On the other hand, there isn't one game made that's 100% realistic.
And making games accessible to people other than grungy bros is a good
thing as far as I'm concerned. God forbid we make a game with Vikings
that an Asian woman might want to play.

Well the Vikings did have warrior maidens "shield maidens" for the
ladies to play.

"Hey, I can take a sword to the gut and ten seconds later I'm fine,
and that's cool, but there's a black Ninja and that's too
unrealistic."

Considering most people's idea of a ninja is a Hollywood creation, it
has no place in any even semi realistic historical game.

And the real ones if they ever existed, were 100% Japanese, and since
the Japanese were EXTREMELY insular, there is 0% there's be any outsider
adopted into the clans.

That shit can fuck right off.

The sword to the gut, or fireball to the face or all the weapons/claws
etc in Doom, and healing up in moments is simply a game mechanic since
no one would ever play it otherwise and they'd lose their shirts.

Oh look, first encounter, dead.
Make new char.
First encounter, stabbed badly, spend 6 weeks healing and sitting in a
room.   Boy that's an exciting game sure to get many purchasers.

Even the people who played games like Diablo on Hardcore/Ironman still
used healing potions.

Xocyll