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That's what puzzles me. Why are humor games always so lame and tame? I have yet to play a single game that doesn't feel like grandpa trying to play the kool kid.
The "midget" change is really a textbook case: when you get trashtalk as a comedian, you double down, and if you must change, do it in a way that doesn't show you cowering. They... just changed it. Because it was offensive. In Borderlands.
What a real non-faggot comedian would have done:
- Have an NPC complain in-game that "midget" is an offensive term
- Like that Borderlands 2 quest, have the player kill a number of them to try out a new name
- The first half of the quest should be something overly long and retarded, like "person of short stature exhibiting signs of unfriendly behavior". Bonus point as a metajoke if the name fucks up the interface
- Second half is the new name, quest done when you return
- Both sides satisfied
Few things break the spell as much as a comedian backpedaling and apologizing.
You expect things like "effort" and "humor" from the Borderlands devs.