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<blockquote data-quote="PsyzhranV2" data-source="post: 8071369" data-attributes="member: 7015332"><p>1. That's completely missing the point as to why people aren't okay with seeing systemic prejudice -- specifically racism here, but also LGBTphobia and ableism -- being mindlessly repeated in popular culture.</p><p></p><p>The horse that is racial essentialism has been beaten to death, but chuds keep insisting on animating its corpse because they just can't let go of their oh-so-important "traditions", so have yet another thread on why racial essentialism is bad, one that will probably fall on deaf ears (again).</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1297187170495729664[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>EDIT: here, have another one</p><p></p><p>[MEDIA=twitter]1294086349067345921[/MEDIA]</p><p></p><p>2. ... Actually, no, you do have a point. The fact that so many RPGs promote a cartoonish framing violence without reflection on its consequences, even if solely to provide an escapist outlet for real-life frustrations and feelings of powerlessness, is bad. Let's promote RPG design that doesn't encourage violence, that focus on non-violent means of conflict resolution, that have more in-depth social and character mechanics, maybe even games that play with narrative control. There's already a whole host of games in the market that explore that model, games that... aren't D&D...</p><p></p><p>Huh.</p><p></p><p>... yeeeeeeeaaaaaah, D&D's pretty violent...</p><p></p><p>Can't exactly make Level Up the ren faire version of Monsterhearts or Dream Askew, or else all the anti-storygame crusaders are gonna throw the mother of all fits...</p><p></p><p>Well bollocks.</p><p></p><p>Take it to RPG General?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="PsyzhranV2, post: 8071369, member: 7015332"] 1. That's completely missing the point as to why people aren't okay with seeing systemic prejudice -- specifically racism here, but also LGBTphobia and ableism -- being mindlessly repeated in popular culture. The horse that is racial essentialism has been beaten to death, but chuds keep insisting on animating its corpse because they just can't let go of their oh-so-important "traditions", so have yet another thread on why racial essentialism is bad, one that will probably fall on deaf ears (again). [MEDIA=twitter]1297187170495729664[/MEDIA] EDIT: here, have another one [MEDIA=twitter]1294086349067345921[/MEDIA] 2. ... Actually, no, you do have a point. The fact that so many RPGs promote a cartoonish framing violence without reflection on its consequences, even if solely to provide an escapist outlet for real-life frustrations and feelings of powerlessness, is bad. Let's promote RPG design that doesn't encourage violence, that focus on non-violent means of conflict resolution, that have more in-depth social and character mechanics, maybe even games that play with narrative control. There's already a whole host of games in the market that explore that model, games that... aren't D&D... Huh. ... yeeeeeeeaaaaaah, D&D's pretty violent... Can't exactly make Level Up the ren faire version of Monsterhearts or Dream Askew, or else all the anti-storygame crusaders are gonna throw the mother of all fits... Well bollocks. Take it to RPG General? [/QUOTE]
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