Profanity in mods, [split by Baronius; Domi's request] Options

[Domi]

BG1 is a PG13 game, so the developper to start with did not intend it for children. There are characters in BG1 that say stuff like "Will one of you rugged adventurers give me a good, hard shag?"

The mods/mods components are sometimes rated as well (for example some of BG1NPC Romances are rated R for language or adult situations), while the mod itself is the same as the game, to avoid embaracing the selective players. It will be nice, if people used the rating system more vigorously.

I guess this is why most sci-fi/fantasy tv creates new profanities - frac, frell etc

And that is why the authors who have guts to carter to adult audience and have no pangs of guilt about it, read so real and have their own appreciative following. (Points to Martin).

In other words, do what you feel is right, just warn the consummer about it. I always make a point of explaining that Martin is gritty, uses the obscenities and does not draw curtains when his characters decided to make love, when I recommend his books. Yes, I love what he does. No, I don't expect everyone to agree with me that it is how it should be done.

This post has been edited by Domi: Jan 9 2006, 09:03 PM

[Domi]

This can either be dark fantasies that are illegal in most places

I am not sure where you are taking the idea that dark fantasies are illegal? If you cn point me to the relevant laws, I would very much want to see them.

I can off hand remember that legislation passed in Greece (I think?) that was outlawing video games, and there are muslim countries where iirc rock music was outlawed or some weird stuff like that. Everey time such a statement was made in public on the relatively liberal minded forums there was a fury of disbelief and eye-rolling. I do remeber that there were some americain restrictions on killing children in BG or something to that extent so Dili did not show in the room with the rest of the mad mages.

But I am pretty positive that dark fantasies are not outlawed, since the laws on mind control cannot be enforced. Unless you are speaking about that episode of Star-Treck when that uhm... don't remeber her name was to undergo a foreceful mind purging procedure because it was concluded that she had a violent thought that caused lots of grief in a telepathic society.

I am absolutely sure that the depravations are not forbidden here in Canada from being put into the books, and nobody is going to arrest me for reading Martin, and day-dreaming about escaping to Westerous. Or for re-loading the game and killing a character (in my case Tazok, others may preffer Aerie or Kelsey or Korgan or whoever) again and again and again.

There are obviously areas controlled by law, such as child pronography or rl abuse of all sorts, but that has nothing to do with escapism. It is a real crime, and real people suffer because of it.

This post has been edited by Domi: Jan 13 2006, 06:59 PM