Yotsuyu's story is a masterful postcolonial feminist critique of female oppression

[Merrigan]

Divorce real life issues with gaming. Save this game from the garbage that's happening to modern gaming. I just want to enjoy the game and not preached on how terrible of a person i am just because I am a man.

What you're asking is literally impossible. Any media is subject to the context in which it is produced.

Do you think your game would have as many female characters if it were produced in an earlier era?
Do you think the beastmen would be portrayed in the same way if the game was produced today by a western company?
Do you think that the rather easy sexualisation would be treated in the same way with a different production context?

The answer is no in every case. No game, film or book can remove itself from its historical and cultural context. You remind me of people who yell ‘no politics in my sport T.T Leave my fun alone !!!!’

The history of sport in question: a way for cities to assert their political and financial power. Oke.

[Bonoki]

Hey folks, just a heads up that this thread has been revived from the dead. If you're thinking of replying to someone, they might have moved on from this topic a while ago. Just something to keep in mind!

[Gullis]

Titanmen's legacy will never die

[Merrigan]

Hey folks, just a heads up that this thread has been revived from the dead. If you're thinking of replying to someone, they might have moved on from this topic a while ago. Just something to keep in mind!

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I'm out.

[Moqi]

Gamers saw "feminist" in the title and got in their feelings.

[LordMcMutton]

I appreciate how at times it can lead to the most bigotted players to drop their masks and froth at the mouth, becomeing perfect candidates for ye old block list

Ye gods, how right they were- some of the replies in here are very revealing

[DPZ2]

I just got to the part in SB where we meet the East Aldenard Company (a reference to the irl East Indian Company and its storied involvements with various colonial projects)

Japan opened trade with the Dutch East India Company in the early 1600s. Japan was closed to foreigners (with the exception of the Dutch, who did not proselytize Christianity) within the span of a generation. It remained closed for over 200 years. [Check out the term "Sakoku"].

So, not attempt at colonialism, and the British didn't appear to make much headway until the ports were thrown open by the "friendly" persuasion of Commodore Perry and his US Navy steam-powered warships in the mid-19th century.

The East Aldenard Company was always owned by Lolorito, even in ARR. Ruthless capitalists, yes. Radical liberal economists? Not really, although the Mirage Trust (run by Teledji Adeledji) liked to pretend it was a philanthropic member of the Syndicate.