"Brands should be able to enforce the brand guidelines to the degree that they're comfortable with that brand being associated with particular ratings."
  • NABDad@lemmy.world
    4·
    1 month ago

    don’t expect Mickey Mouse to pick up an assault rifle

    Of course. He would only do that for intellectual property violations.

  • Uriel238 [all pronouns]@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    2·
    1 month ago

    A [Lego] minifig doesn’t hold a gun

    A Star Wars lego minifig absolutely holds a gun. It may be a blaster, but it’s still a military weapon for killing people.

    Disney also has gun wielding pirates and cowboys frontiersmen. Tron: Legacy showed Disney franchises can be about people killing people (without it being Star Wars ) so long as they can sneak it past the parents. And their Atlantis First Person Shooter didn’t show even a half ounce of creativity, and just promised it was not really shooting or killing.

    They may only allow Mickey to do [brand-safe] things in official games, but in past Disney products they’ve just found ways to make violence family friendly, rather than making material that had promoted non-violence.

  • TommySoda@lemmy.world
    1·
    1 month ago

    Wtf even is Fortnite at this point? I’ve played it a couple times here and there but every time I hear news I just get more confused. I’m honestly surprised it still has the massive amount of players that it has. I haven’t heard any kids even talk about it lately and basically nobody my age plays it anymore.

    • loutr@sh.itjust.works
      2·
      1 month ago

      I watched a friend’s teenage son play a couple of times. They don’t seem to play battle royale or any kind of competitive mode anymore, they just chat and dick around in what seems to be seasonal levels. Reminds me of my WoW days where I logged in to do my dailies more for the social engagement than the actual gameplay.

    • ILikeBoobies@lemmy.ca
      1·
      1 month ago

      A sandbox game, you can do whatever you want with it

      As an amateur there is Creative mode where you can place different objects/enemies/spawns

      As a more advanced user there is UEFN where you use an sdk (Unreal Editor for FortNite)

    • Dumbkid@lemmy.dbzer0.com
      1·
      1 month ago

      One of the only games that runs on almost every platform with cross play and in-game voicechat.

      I play it with my coworkers sometimes because it’s the only game where we can play with phone, pc, xbox one, ps4, ps5, and switch in a single party without any issues

      • CalcProgrammer1@lemmy.ml
        2·
        1 month ago

        Except the one platform that actually matters, Linux. My girlfriend got me into this game and it’s the only game I have to keep a Windows installation around for. It doesn’t run on the Steam Deck, so it’s the only multiplayer game I play where I would even contemplate having to play it on Switch. I hate Epic Games.