Dude, come on. No one is offended by this idea. It's not like it's something that would be considered scandalous. In contrast, look at the reaction to the GZ stuff. Doesn't it make way more sense that the thing that actually sparked some outrage and disgust was the thing he was referring to when referencing taboos, and not some complex meditation on English being parasitic?
Certainly does when you put it like that!
Im not saying youre wrong, either. The timeline fits with the tweet after all. But while GZ was controversial, does it hit on any kind of taboo?
Tape 4? Maybe, but that was pretty much ripped straight from the Abu Grahib headlines. In fact, it was toned
down from the reality. Depicting the torture of a kid? Not sure anyone was all that up in arms about that, which was odd. Again, nothing that wasnt all over the headlines a few years ago. Snuke? Yeah, that could be it too, but a lot of people didnt think he handled it at all well and I dont see him being ostracised from the industry because of it.
What about this English Language thing in TPP? Yeah, it absolutely doesnt seem like a taboo on the surface (although I can understand why someone outside the culture would think it was), but
if he had mishandled it as he mentioned in his tweet, couldnt it have had the potential to come across as quite racist (not sure if that's the word)?
Your giving Kojima way too much credit here. I'm sure the taboo thing was probably in regard to the whole "this is basically ethnic cleansing" but it wasn't some subversive take that to the concept of western culture and its effects on the world.
Because people had a bad time with the game and feel a bit betrayed, I honestly think some people arent giving it quite enough credit.
