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[–] WithoutFurtherBelay@hexbear.net 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I’ve read this. It really does not work in this context. Nobody is defending or genuinely attacking Pokémon due to its incidental inclusion of cockfighting. What we are doing is defending Palworld, because it’s implicitly referencing this sort of fucked up aspect of Pokémon when you think of it too much, as a shitpost.

Not to mention the fact that there is genuine cultural analysis to be made about the fact that we just... have games about collecting sentient creatures and putting them into tiny spaces and don't comment about it at all.