I'm a little surprised to see some duders are being a bit negative about this QL since PKD is (arguably) the inspiration for an crazy amount of contemporary popular sci fi. Not sure how exposing this could be construed negatively.
I'm excited to see a spiritually faithful, if somewhat clunky adaptation of PKD's style in games. Since the source material was wonderfully pulpy, it all kind of fits.
Wife?! Congrats @jeff!!! Honestly, I called the exact date for a dumb ass reason.
Months ago, Jeff knew what day an exact date fell on in February during a Bombcast. He's either a date savant (totally possible), or like me he knows the day and date of one specific day for a great reason. Good on ya, and many happy returns!
@nephix: Let's not get ahead of ourselves, I think maybe that argument is built on a false equivalency with a dash of presumption of intent.
The truth of things is that content decisions are a result of market forces, at least in America. A government sure as heck isn't censoring it (at least in America), and the entity in charge of modifying content is wholly motivated by their own discretion (which is probably to sell as much as they can in their target market).
The way I see it, if you absolutely must experience a foreign game, you have 3 choices:
1. Learn the native language and import it (Keeping in mind that the Japanese government _absolutely_ censors explicit content).
2. Pay for the localized version, which only ensures that you'll get more, better offerings from foreign markets that are as true to form as they can be while still turning enough of a profit.
3. Mod the original to the extent that you can.
Being willing to consume high-quality, professionally localized (albeit modified) games is not an tacit invasive insistence that the consumer should be the arbiter of taste. In other words, my liking of a thing does not imply that you shouldn't like a thing in the way you like it, especially if I'm not calling the shots in how the thing is modified. Or at least the consumer is only calling the shots in terms of his or her willingness to support the creator, which defines the market forces in the first place. This might seem unfair, but it's kind of sort of implicit in being the minority stake on an issue. Once the market can sustainably support unchanged content, you're golden.
Which is to say, if you're bothered by this, write the localization company and the parent company. They make the decisions. The consumers are just as within their right to enjoy and support a modified version as you are to want an unmodified version.
Edit: I just re-read this and I realize I'm saying "you" a lot when I mean "people who want unmodified games". Sorry, that otherwise makes the whole thing sound pointed... And I'm too lazy to modify the whole thing right now, so my apologies for any aggressive tone.
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