I don’t see the attempt at character assassination here. The article is almost entirely focused on the programming and resulting representations, and even includes this disclaimer:

Again, polls are not reality, they are reports of reality. There is a distinct difference, and one that psychology and sociology students are taught very early on.

Which is hilarious considering your accusation that the author is “trying to ruin someone’s business because they don’t 100% conform to your social views.”

I will never understand why asking questions automatically sorts someone into the “outraged” box. I don’t care what an indie game turns out to be like, but I’m curious as to why he made these decisions, I don’t feel like his answers really cover it and that he contradicts himself at times, and I know that if I was…

Or it could be you’re being very hyperbolic with the notion that the intent is to “ruin someone’s business.” So we must ask the question:

I don’t know man. Anytime people admit to problems head on with humility and understanding, there tends to not be any looming. What usually causes the stigma is when the person in question poorly defends themselves or just goes silent(hello games?).

That’s just being lazy. If your going to create something and take the stance that you don’t have to do anything better or more diverse, that’s totally fine. But you can’t get mad when people criticize that.

Diversity in all it’s forms is not even an “ideal” societal concept. Especially in the west, that’s simply a…

For all that some people seem eager to complain about political correctness or SJWs or manufactured outrage or whatever those same people seem to take any form of criticism or disagreement as some sort of grave offence or attempted censorship.

Let me get this straight.

I missed the part in the article where the dev was arrested and all his assets impounded, his business shut down and his bank accounts seized?

He doesn’t “need to,” but his choice not to can certainly be criticized. He doesn’t have any obligation, but people are free to share their opinions on his creation. That’s how that works.

And it’s perfectly OK to criticize him for choices he has made in his fictional sci-fi universe. Especially if they’re weird.

The developer has programmed in rather specific possibilities, then responded badly to an attempt to justify those choices. The critique is questioning the choices, not asking for the entirety of human experience.

“The game simply attempts a very rough approximation of some patterns from real life,”

Why is straight up commentary labeled “Thought Police”? Obviously, someone did an investigation and presented the results. I disagree with your characterization.

You’re against “thought police” but are upset about the idea of..... someone having a thought.

I don’t care to go after the guy for only basing attraction on physical features—why do a bunch of extra coding for just one unrealistic thing?—but the lack of strictly straight women is bizarre.

I wish developers who create things with strong implicit biases, could just admit they did so with bias involved. As humans, certain experiences make it very easy to create things that cater specifically narrow standards, right?

I feel like admitting that we are flawed and can always do better, is way more acceptable…

Why is there massive death tolls? I don’t think this is ever explained in the article.

I’ve toured Bran castle and spent quit a bit of time in Brasov and the surrounding towns/villages in the Carpathian mountains and just an FYI, this is the first time I’ve read anything insinuating the castle had anything to do with the actual Vlad Dracul aside from the inspiration for the novel Dracula...the tour…