I don't like to call game developers lazy, as programming and animating are rather complicated processes. But in this case, yeah, they're being lazy and are earning every badge of shame they get.

Demanding change on a grounds of valid criticism has happened throughout much of history. It's happened when slavery was finally outlawed throughout the US, when African Americans and other minorities were allow to vote, and so on...

It wasn't a strawman. You, indeed, called them bitchy online commentators because they where being vocal about a particular social issue. There are enough parallels that can be drawn between interracial marriage and marriage equality that chalking up their protest to simply being bitchy only serves to put you in a bad…

There is a difference between drawing parallels between two things and saying one thing is just like the other. I've been very careful with my words. For example, it is fair to draw parallels on the elements between Hitler's holocaust and Stalin's genocide of Russian citizenry and political enemies— but those two are…

The conversation between me and that user has long since been settled on common grounds, but I'll give you the specifics on what I meant at the time of our discourse.

I wholeheartedly agree.

The sad fact of the matter is that, for the most part, the issue is a rather simple one: they are businesses. Businesses exist to make money. They'll go by the charts and projections to maximize their profits.

Could you detail why exactly this is a problem? What is the issue with drawing certain parallels between one group that has a history of being oppressed with another group with a similar history.

There are different levels at play here. Some, like myself, wait for the all of the facts to come in before commenting. I didn't actually comment on that particular article, but my sentiment was that Nintendo should make a patch for Tomodachi Life to allow for same-sex marriage or at least make it an option for their…

I see. Well, fellow atheist, the religion comparison doesn't really work here because people aren't actually work because you're comparing the real-life scenario where people assert the existence of deities without evidence or proof with the game scenario of deities that are confirmed as actual beings in the game's…

Is it at all unreasonable to expect gays and lesbians who happen to love games to want to be represented fairly? In the case of a game's story, I could certainly understand not allowing the player character to have a romantic relationship with someone of the same sex (although that doesn't hardly excuses the dearth…

Perhaps you missed the part where clarified what I meant by "right". Let's go back...

"I'm sorry but you don't know me so don't you dare accuse me of pretending to support gay marriage. I believe two consenting adults should have the right to marry whomever they want regardless of gender, age or race.

Fine. If the creators of content do not want to have same-sex marriage or romance in their games, that is their prerogative. And it is also the prerogative of those oppose such a decision to let their voices be heard.

That's just making an argument ad populum— just because most people think or act a certain way doesn't mean it's the right way. And to be clear, by "right" I mean fair to your fellow man and woman. And what you're saying about the localization is nonsense: this article was written to announce that Square-Enix are…

At least every game that has a romance/marriage component to it. And why shouldn't it be that way?

It was a different issue, as you said, but it was less about the reason why Nintendo fixed the trick to same-sex marriage (it was part of a game-breaking bug) and more about how they responded to the complaints.

Hunting down and demonizing? Is that what you're calling fair criticism? And, indeed, Japan has some catching up to do when it comes to the issue of gays and lesbians being allowed to marry. But when one considers the effort that's often put in to localize a Japanese video game to be palpable to Western sensibilities,…

No. He's cosplaying as a Balder Knight from Dark Souls.

Just... stupid...