In this case I don’t even think it’s a joke to begin with; just a slight name alteration to avoid having to clear trademarks. I read somewhere that anime directors at least don’t like using overly fake brands as it takes viewers out of the experience. Since anime is produced at a rapid pace, time to clear trademarks…

So not only did the wordplay not localize, the developer themselves backed entirely away from the gag when the first part of the conversation was tabled.

....you do not demonstrate commitment to principles. You demonstrate commitment to your own self importance and being an asshole, and worse: being loud about it. I…

More like they decided to remove a reference that made no sense to an English audience

If the KKK aren’t radicalized Christians, ISIS aren’t radicalized Muslims. You can’t call the kettle black and not expect the pot to be the same

The KKK is pretty open about being Christian. How they interpret Christian values is obviously fucked up, and they’re denounced by pretty much every Christian sect. But they identify as Christian.

This isn’t censorship, this is one guy trying to defend a bad joke that has no basis in the original text. It even says outright that the original name is a pun on light switches. What in the hell do light switches have to do with a radicalized Christian terrorist group?

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I wouldn’t want to live next to that either. I had a neighboor who screamed A LOT before, from 9am to 3am. Took weeks if not months before they put him out. Police had to come twice, then he left angrily. Now it’s dead silent and i’m happy.

He created the problem, I think he can deal with it.

Yeah, out of context quotes regarding her master’s thesis (which was approved, peer reviewed, and vetted by a master’s committee), coupled with unsubstantiated rumors. That really takes the wind out of her being an excellent interview, social activist, and PR star for a major corporation. Shame on her?

The fact that she was on their side for this cause du jour only proves that these crusades are never about what they say they’re about. Game localization is just the latest veil for sexists and misogynists to attack and suppress women in the games industry. Just like GamerGate wasn’t actually about ethics in games…

That being said she doesn’t work for them anymore. Victory right? So why do people keep harassing her? This isn’t about Nintendo anymore.

Don’t forget the part where this woman is actually in favor of keeping localized games intact, including bust sliders and not completely distorting writing/context during localization.

Too Late To Edit Addition: I’m not going to engage in the specific people but for all the deservedly grey comments out there whining about her college paper, I will simply say this:

Not only that, but they picked someone to blame for the toning down of sexualized content in localized releases of games who, after all the digging is done, turns out to be in favor of the sexual content people were complaining was being edited out. Regardless of her position having no impact or influence of the…

Don’t forget the part where this woman is actually in favor of keeping localized games intact, including bust sliders and not completely distorting writing/context during localization.

When I was in HS in the 90s if we wanted the Japanese titties we just went to the video store and rented anime. And lamented the censorship. And that was that. People are fucking ape these days.

So....just to make sure I’m clear, there are real actual human beings who: