{"id":45295,"date":"2018-10-14T03:00:32","date_gmt":"2018-10-14T07:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=45295"},"modified":"2019-07-02T09:22:37","modified_gmt":"2019-07-02T13:22:37","slug":"npcs-belong-in-video-games-or-dungeons-dragons-campaigns-not-in-the-real-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2018\/10\/14\/npcs-belong-in-video-games-or-dungeons-dragons-campaigns-not-in-the-real-world\/","title":{"rendered":"NPCs belong in video games or Dungeons & Dragons<\/em> campaigns, not in the real world"},"content":{"rendered":"

Brandon Morse<\/a> on a term that’s migrated out of its original gaming context and being used as a label for social justice warriors:<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever picked up a video game that features other characters that are controlled by the computer, then you\u2019ve run into non-player characters or NPC\u2019s.
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\nNPC\u2019s serve a host of different functions depending on what the program you\u2019re playing with needs them for. They\u2019re the villagers in Skyrim, Toad from Super Mario Brothers, and the ghosts in Pac-Man. NPC\u2019s may have dialogue, patterns, and personality, but at the end of the day, they\u2019re just a program with pre-set behavioral patterns decided for them by a developer.<\/p>\n

Now let\u2019s pretend we\u2019re taking this article from the top\u2026<\/p>\n

If you\u2019ve ever stepped onto a college campus or a protest demonstration that features people with neon colored hair screaming at the top of their lungs about identity politics or a social concern then you\u2019ve run into a social justice warrior or SJW.<\/p>\n

SJWs serve a host of different functions depending on what activists, politicians and the media need them for. They\u2019re the crazed people trying to beat down the Supreme Court door, the Antifa members threatening motorists, or the male-feminist roundhousing a woman for expressing pro-life views. SJW\u2019s may have dialogue, patterns, and personality, but at the end of the day, they\u2019re just a program with pre-set behavioral patterns decided for them by professors, activist groups, or the media.<\/p>\n

The comparison between NPC\u2019s and SJW\u2019s is pretty striking and simultaneously hilarious.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

H\/T to David Thompson<\/a> for the link.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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