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Because some Native Hawaiians we spoke with felt parts of our game were offensive, including the name Nightmarchers, so we changed everything they asked for.
I completely respect that.
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Because some Native Hawaiians we spoke with felt parts of our game were offensive, including the name Nightmarchers, so we changed everything they asked for.
I completely respect that.
Agreed. There are two basic ways to go and they took the high road. How rare.
I find this sort of process questionable, how on earth do you pick who decides what is objectionable for a culture? On the face of it, it seems worthy and doable, but imagine someone deciding for you what is "objectionable" in your culture and think about the issues with that.
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But the attempt was made which I applaud.