I find “with all due respect” to be VERY tonal.

Yeah, this feels ick to me, too.

It’s just another dimension to a surveillance state that the right has become entirely comfortable with, because so far it’s been targeted at people they disagree with.

Shipwright Studios’ response said it best.

FREAKING SAME.

Yeah, having played the game, he’s really fundamental to the core plot. The overall narrative of boyfriend dungeon is man vs. self, and Eric represents a narrative complication/challenge to that in how he is trying to exert control over you.

Outside of illegal behavior the government has no business telling me what I can and can’t do in my own free time.

Your exact words were:

I want gov’ts to be invested in exploring public health implications and make decisions regarding the developmental health of kids whose parents cannot reasonably be expected to know or understand the implications.

Legitimately ALL rules can have a slippery slope counter-argument applied to them. The fact that something could go too far is not itself evidence that something is bad - there’s a reason it’s considered a fallacy.

To be totally honest... I don’t have a serious problem with this.

Bruh.

Tbh, I’m grouping her husband in with them as well.

The ultimate problem is that Valve isn’t interested in actually scaling their customer support. It’s legitimately abysmal, and effective refund policies largely require it.

I don’t believe for a moment that Valve is unable to fix this.

I think it’s this, combined with a relatively realistic take on environments.

Yeah. Like, I think we can all appreciate the value.

You’re right that there’s nothing wrong with criticism.

Yeah. I’m seeing a lot of people in my queer video game circles really trying to underscore the fact that we don’t do this shit to other games.

This is legitimately the problem.