The guy who designed it, Brendan Greene, is Irish, but I don’t really see why that’s important to the argument. Content is reflective of culture, in general. I didn’t say anything about that being strictly limited to national borders and national cultures. That’s a far too simplistic way of framing it.

There are much bigger problems. Actual gun violence. Poverty. Drug use. Gang violence. Illiteracy. Bad water.

It is really hard to respond to your comment here due to the lack of explanation and the cognitive dissonance that comes from that lack of explanation.

If you don’t enjoy the message a game is putting forward, you don’t play it. Also, games are an art medium. Sometimes, they go places that are uncomfortable because there’s an idea they want to explore. Imagine trying to defend a game like Homefront or Spec Ops. Imagine any kind of game that paints our military in a…

Have you read 1984 by George Orwell? If not, you need to. Immediately.

government regulating art, like the Nazis did. sounds great...

It’s not about preventing a game from glorifying violence, it’s about preventing a game from glorifying individualism. PUBG is a game about fucking everyone else over and coming out on top in solo queue. The Chinese government wants all of its citizens to be completely subservient and toe the party line at all times.…

The reason why it’s a problem is because, if the government has this power, it will never just end with “savory” conditions placed on creative output. It begins with something we all find morally agreeable, and then turns into far more blatant political programming. I realize it’s become fashionable to disdain…

I was of course joking.

Hey Wiim, just fyi, some jackass is making stupid posts under your name.

So basically you want censorship. Please think before you type.

I was going to say lets give him what he wants by arbitrarily censoring the media he consumes based on what we feel is best for him, but then I was thinking it might be better to just force him to play PUBG until it polices his thoughts into accord with our own. You know, like violence, but psychological instead of…

It’s not a debate tactic, I was literally struck dumbfounded, wanting to say something, but having no words. I’m still kind of at a loss. 

Ok, who let their mom on Kotaku?

If you pay much attention to Chinese media, you’ll discover that they don’t mind violence, as long as it’s directed towards the right people.

Guess its (sic) unpopular response time:

wow.

We caught HIGH HOLY HELL for trying this shit in Catholic School, but we wouldn’t have touched a Ouija with a ten foot pole.

I’m not saying these board are real, but I find it ironic that your first go to to explain an unexplainable event in that his friend is lying followed by another comment by another person that his friend is stupid. That is the same confirmation bias and dismissive attitude Ouija believers used as well.