Reply To: D&D officially turning Forgotten Realms sights away from Euro inspired campaigns

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I’m not particularly pointing any fingers of blame, but it’s impossible to deny that the supposed culture war is pretty much the Politically Correct left vs everything else (including as often as not, themselves).  In gaming this usually means changing existing genres, settings, IPs and characters to suit a particular narrative and while I don’t recall anyone taking political correctness OUT of a product recently I can probably name countless examples where it has been put INTO a product, usually to the frustration and annoyance of the existing fan base.  In terms of entertainment that’s generally the culture war expresses itself.

 

If this were something limited solely to gaming or entertainment then like you I would be uncaring;  nobody is forcing me to buy anything and nobody is taking away that which I have already bought.  If something changes and I don’t like it I go somewhere else.  Sure I might grumble a bit to people I know or roll my eyes in frustration but I just spend my money elsewhere.  Sadly it’s a much bigger problem than just games and entertainment, they’re just the tip of the iceberg and it’s the rest of the iceberg that we should really care about.

Not that this really has anything to do with Al Qadim or Oriental Adventures