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Hogwarts Legacy

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2021/feb/12/mars-nestle-and-hershey-to-face-landmark-child-slavery-lawsuit-in-us

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-31/aapl-iphone-worker-at-china-factory-walked-25-miles-to-escape-covid-lockdown

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-11-02/china-locks-down-area-around-foxconn-s-iphone-city-plant

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-10-28/covid-outbreak-at-china-iphone-plant-pushes-workers-to-the-edge

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/05/26/tech/google-saudi-arabia-cloud/index.html

https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-26582812


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Hogwarts Legacy and Shaming in Gaming

Today I want to share my experience with Hogwarts Legacy over the last year and (hopefully) what I have learned from it. All links can be found here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/78644637 ----- Patreon and all mentioned content https://www.patreon.com/sexpositivegaming Steam Curator Page https://store.steampowered.com/curator/41771186/ GOG Partner Page https://af.gog.com/partner/SexPositiveGaming?as=1726437664 -----

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MxMorganic

I have a lot of complicated thoughts on this topic. I don't think I could say I agree 100% with everything you say in this video, or all of the rhetorical moves you use to convey your point. However, I'm glad you made it, and I'm glad you made it exactly like this, because I think it's important that you took what *your* stance was, and not the stance anyone else wanted to hear. Thanks for making it, and making it this way, and as ever, I'm looking forward to what's to come!

Tc

One- I loved your character in the game! I thought your design looked awesome. Two- I bought the game, and I love it, and I feel more than a little guilt about that. I'm sure I've done worse things, and will probably do worse things, but that doesn't stop me from feeling bad about buying the game. Three - The devs of the game did a great job on it. The inclusion of a trans character and allowing your character to be trans doesn't make up for the ill JK has done in the world, but it also doesn't mean their actions aren't for the good. Just because something was tossed in at the last minute doesn't mean it is bad. Far too many game's defining mechanics were due to a crunch time tweak. Addendum - The devs also don't get enough credit for releasing a game that actually worked on launch. That shouldn't be a very high hurdle, but despite the fact the first job of making a game is to make sure you can play it, most studios have forgotten that and decided that they will patch it after release. If you want a reason to support the studio, there is the best one I can give you. There game fucking worked when I booted it. That shouldn't have to be a positive, but it is getting too damn rare among big budget studios. Four - By letting this game into her world, she tacitly has to admit that trans people in the wizarding world are no major issue, and not the subject of scrutiny and hate like in the real one. Or if she felt that strongly about it, she could give them her money back, and complin to her agent. Five - and my last point, because my game has now downloaded and I can finally play (just reinstalling WoW. I told you I would be doing worse things) I have to wonder how much the Streisand Effect amplified this game, and the cause of trans rights overall? My 5 sec of googlefu didn't reveal anything useful, and I don't thing a university is going to pay me to answer that question any time soon, so scraping the top 100 trans and anti- trans charities donation reporting over the last 24 months to see if any pattern emerges is currently out of the question(though I do have a project due so maybe, but don't hold your breath, I might be playing WoW again.) I know the media coverage from all sides has increased visibility of both the game and the issues surrounding it. I would of probably ignored the game had people not talked about how much they wish it wouldn't make them an evil person for playing it. I was pleasantly surprised to find it a decent game. My bet would be the controversies surrounding the game elevated it beyond what it would of normally achieved, even with AAA funding.