I dealt with one of these on Kotaku just recently on that localization article that was posted yesterday. I’ll just post the link...

So you’re saying Acquire intentionally used KKK to reference the Ku Klux Klan, was caught, and doubled-back and said “Nah, we had no idea, so we’ll just change it” all because XSEED pointed it out?

It’s not a slippery slope. Maybe this comment will give you an example that’s easier to follow and understand.

You should probably specify which books. Fwiw, I have read plenty of books that make no reference to the KKK.

You should feel bad for what you just typed. Not all changes are censorship, and, in fact, this change was made to PRESERVE the original intention of the developer, because having the KKK acronym would have distracted and changed the original Japanese intention of the acronym, because you can just sell this game to…

This is a bad hot take and you should feel bad.

This is a good joke. Nyren has been really annoying me with his ignorant comments. This made me smile. I needed that. Thank you.

That’s because they were ignorant of what it could have meant in the west. Since they obviously want this to reach a global audience (hence partnering with XSEED to handle localization), having it unintentionally linked to the KKK would actually hurt the original intention of the art, because it would draw focus away…

But that’s not what you’ve been arguing up until this point. You’ve been arguing that they should’ve kept KKK in there and just explain to every single person who bought the game that it doesn’t actually reference the US-based, racially motivated hate group.

Did you even read the article? When informed of what KKK meant in the US, the original Japanese developer, decided on their own to make the change on their end. In fact, not realizing what KKK could stand for in the rest actually hurt the original artistic integrity of the work, because they accidentally used an…

The KKK self identify as Christian. ISIS self identifies as Muslims. Neither are indicative of either religious group.

Yeah, I’m just low-key pissed all the time. When I need to distract myself from the TV, I either do work (if I have any) or read Jez.

We have multiple tvs on at work constantly on both CNN and CNBC, and I find myself in just a constant state of seething hatred every. Single. Day. Thank god the TVs are on mute at least...Small favors or something...

Yeah, but was Hitler really that bad of a guy? He did tremendous things. Tremendous.

I didn’t start CCD until 7th grade because my parents never really took us to church (as a child with ADHD, it was hard to get me to sit still for an hour long mass). I had already had a negative opinion of religion before CCD, but I can’t say I hated going. It was interesting to see how everyone else who had been…

I was thinking more along the lines of elementary - high school education, but at the college level, too.

But sports! /s

Also wanted to point out how he didn’t finish depetaling the flower before leaving the room and going to basement to show us the girl before she was killed. Most people would’ve gone to the basement before starting depetaling or they would have finished depetaling and then going to the basement. I’m convinced he has…

Agreed. Which makes it worse because Kuroneko is one of the best anime girls ever.

I hate the “you’ll change your mind” schpiel. I’m already snipped, so fuck off you condescending assholes. I’m not going to change my mind, and if I ever do, I can adopt.