It would certainly help curb some of the trolls

Wouldn’t be equivalent. Christians don’t take icons and representation as seriously as... Well, any other mainstream faith, actually.

Oh shit. Someone has a persecution complex.

Well, if mountain climbing sweeps the nation, I think those articles would be interesting reads. Actually, I’d think they’re at least worth writing regardless. I certainly wouldn’t waste my time bitching if someone decides to write one, at any rate.

I didn’t say they should do anything. Merely that they could, and they could probably do so without taking away some other aspect of the game. I’m sure there are many ways the issue could be resolved, if one wanted.

Thanks for saying so, man. Put a smile on my face!

Who’s telling anybody to take anything away?

Niantic isn’t “supposed” to do anything. If they can find a way, and chooses to implement it, awesome, but nobody has laid anything at their feet.

Well, you don’t have to see how. Neither does Niantec, for that matter.

Because that’s not the new game with their friends.

I don’t understand your question. I would imagine they do/have, but we’re talking about the new one just about everyone is playing.

I think that’d be a fine solution.

ALL games aren’t currently taking over the Western world at the moment, so that’s why this piece is talking about it.

Given that the games this one is based on didn’t require physical movement, I find it hard to believe you can’t think of any way this game could be changed to allow the physically disabled to play.

Thought. Compassion. Education that future game developers might use when they want to target a more inclusive specific audience.

Well, that’s because statistically they are, and statistically they are more likely to.

You’re trying to explain too much to the “not big in USA, therefore dead” crowd.

Yeah, but those are product discussions (with games as the product), not game discussions. It’s a subtle difference, but an important one.

Ok, I grant you that they might’ve been basing the designs of of homo erectus initially. But having read some of the manga and checking out the link above... The authors knew exactly what they were doing, and what they were doing was making a tongue-in-cheek reference to black caricature.

Presumably because they have no reason to.