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After Valve says no, Dwarf Fortress and Deep Rock Galactic devs unite to get "very serious" about their very silly demand for a dwarf tag on Steam, and they want your help (www.gamesradar.com)

submitted 9 months ago by jonesy@aussie.zone to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] voracitude@lemmy.world 25 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, and it is also the name of a race of people from fantasy stories that were completely made up. Yes, fantasy races are based on human phenotypes. That doesn't make the names of those races a slur.

[–] Algaroth@lemmy.world 17 points 9 months ago (2 children)

Sounds like something a dirty elf would say.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 5 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Found the drow.

[–] Algaroth@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Racist!

[–] Urist@lemmy.ml 3 points 9 months ago

Elves are pretty much always lowkey supremacists and their tree love/fetish is obviously inferior to the industrious dwarves.