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Feb 28, 2022 07:11

The British Mental Health Foundation is calling on the gaming industry to develop games in a way that supports players' mental health. The five changes they are asking for are as follows ( Read more... )

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hastka March 1 2022, 01:41:59 UTC
Hah, yikes... yeah that would be a good way to sneak it in, at least. :P I'm not sure how I feel about that... I guess it's good to try to get the message across, but like... it's also kind of implying that gamers have particular needs for mental health care. Like, what's next, having sitcoms work it into their storylines? Having night show hosts have it on their backdrops?

But on the other hand, some of those regulations (like giving equal time to multiple viewpoints in a news story) were kind of good to have in place.

I'm also not quite clear on "meaningful inclusion" in game design. So like what, if your wizard can't be a full-figured pink-haired trans wombat who speaks Portuguese, does that mean the game is not inclusive enough?

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