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A Japanese girlfriend of mine explained to me that it is better to be considered "cute" than beautiful. Also that the more rounded wide eyes are part of that looking cute thing.
Youth seems to be intertwined as part of that cuteness.
So for me, a western watcher, it's difficult to differentiate between cute and inappropriate as I don't always know what it is that I'm looking at.
This is not to say that there aren't issues over there. When I asked my girlfriend about the whole "really little children" with short skirts and the whole tentacle thing she just rolled her eyes, shook her head and I took that to me that it was "what it was."
Again, there are issues in Japanese culture that we think of as horrendous and they just "roll their eyes and shake their heads" such as having completely separate rail cars JUST for women. No men allowed.
this is done so that women don't have to put up with being groped.
Maybe part of it is that it's a very male-dominated culture and there is a huge emphasis put on "saving face."
An example that was told to me was this girlfriend went to Japan (she was born here, lived in Japan fro 23 years and then got out) with a martial arts group. One of the teachers who was japanese started ordering her around and telling her to serve this person or serve that person.
One of the American women told her that she should say no and refuse to do this. Her response was "it's ok, really, if I make a fuss then he'll lose face and that would be bad."
So I just take it that there are issues but also subtleties that Western audiences might not understand or take the wrong. Perhaps some people who have lived in Japan or Korea (I've noticed this a bit in Korean culture) might chime in and help clarify.
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
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People in glass houses should not thrown stones.. and all that.
Wow.
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What about "Hot Coffee"? Kids played that, do you ever wonder what kind of effect that had on their immature minds?
This crap has been going on with media and entertainment for years.
Once upon a time....
Godfred's Tomb Trailer: https://youtu.be/-nsXGddj_4w
Original Skyrim: https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrim/mods/109547
Serph toze kindly has started a walk-through. https://youtu.be/UIelCK-lldo
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When I play Eastern MMO's, the art is one of the things I would say, I took the most to get used to. For example, I really liked the game Black Gold (Till it was Shut down)
One of the races looked like this:
Yes, those are males and females, and as you can see they look more equalized.
but then you had:
Now the idea is that the males and females in this image are the same race and age, and yet the females are very young looking. When I first asked about this, because this idea of pixie looking dwarves seemed off to me, I was told, that was just the way they did dwarf/fae style races in Asian nations, a very high contrast from the Western style.
So.. maybe because I played games like this, and learned that this is the way they do things, it is just something I have come to respect that this is not some underscore pedophile, just like killing sentient races in fantasy games is not trying to turn me into a psychopath, even if some people still believe it does.
and this was still a very common MMO, with humans that looked like this:
So.. as I said, if anime sprites and the like are going to be something that triggers you, I wager a lot of upcoming Eastern MMO's shouldn't be on your play list.
But America is a small part of the whole world. And trust me...American politicians, courts, and churches are not shy about sticking their noses, (and anything else to get attention) into any and all things.
If they have not got their collective noses and other parts out of whack over these things then I do not think they have ever risen to the level of being porn, soft or otherwise.
It is most definitely something that pushes some folks buttons, but to me it is 95% a cultural thing. It is part of the gaming. toon, and manga stories and arts that are part of eastern culture and not something I can really understand. It is not part of my culture....something I kind of think of as ridiculous...but again it is not made mainly for me, or my culture. Hell I have enough issues trying to understand my own culture anymore...
Trying to put my own Morales and culture onto others arts, games, and such is the same thing as the other countries that think all Americans are a bunch of John Wayne cowboy's, or whatever is the current thing going around about us....something that really does not matter to me, and I am sure it is the same for eastern folks that hear people rail against things like this. Deserving of an eye roll and then get on with life, and that's about it....
This is Softcore Porn to you?
THIS?
WOW! Really.
Agreed. I don't like any of the Eastern MMO's. That's why I can't get into FFXIV.
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Tinkerbell
little mermaid
https://pjpportraits.co.uk/fairy/
Based on the quality of the games being released (and advertised in this manner) it is hard to generate site traffic and pay the bills.
It's not like there are any MMORPGs setting the internet afire with discussions.
Consider that this thread has been the most interesting this week, with the exception of the necro'd threads from a few years back.
They may be bad, but this site is still a lot better than kotaku! I literally can't tell what is a story and what is an ad on that site, it's bloody terrible!
a fine American breakfast right here, bois. i'm gettin hungry just lookin at it
Didn't we also get told they were looking into raising "top level" above Orange? I am not a fan of the colours but if we must have them that would give us the feeling we are levelling.