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The Chinese studio granted early access on the condition that topics like “feminist propaganda” and “Covid-19” go unmentioned. What followed is the Streisand effect in full force.

“I feel that it only served to bring more attention on Game Science’s culture of sexism,” linktothepabst says. “All they had to do was let the game speak for itself, but it came off, to me, like an own goal, effectively stoking the flames between the people who were using this game as weapon against ‘wokeness in games’ and those who can level-headedly either enjoy the game and criticize GS or just ignore the game altogether.”

It’s the Streisand effect in full force: Try to hide something, and it becomes all the more visible. “Nobody was going to bring up Chinese politics unprompted,” Zhong says, “but the topic was there as soon as they released those guidelines.”

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[–] baseless_discourse@mander.xyz 19 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

It is in between, getting licked is the figurative speech for "unjust praises" with a hint of submission in the tone.

English also have a similar expression like "licking one's boots", but in Chinese it is more sexual, as it typically refers to licking something else. An alternative is "跪舔", which means "kneel and lick".

There are other comments in the article I linked:

杨奇于2013年扬言游戏“不需要女性玩家的反向带动”,“有些东西就是做给爷们的”,“当真喜欢软娘腐的东西,换下个产品,哥天天穿丝袜吊打上班”

Qi Yang (lead artist) has publically stated in 2013: "we don't need female player", "something are for guys only", and "if we truely love soft female or gay stuff, we would change our product, I would wear stocking to work everyday.

“游戏科学”技术美术师戴巍于2023年8月20日在知乎社区中扬言:《黑神话》中的女蛇妖“再多看看就能冲了。虽然蛇脖子暂时不习惯,但也不是不能培养”。

On August 20, 2023, the technical artist of Game Science, Wei Dai, claimed on Zhihu (Chinese Quora): "[the players] will be able to masturbate to" the female snake monster in Black Myth. "Although she has the neck of a snake, which might not be the conventional aesthetic [for masturbation], but people can eventually get used to it"

That being said, I do not claim that the dev still holds this view point now. China is a rapidly developing country, and its ideology and culture can shift just as fast.

But I am very dishearten that they would mention "feminist propaganda" in their review bans. It seems like they are still not accepting of feminism.