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** The developers also "[[Executive Meddling|chose]]" to change the name of the weapon "The Nicker" to "The Blackrock Slicer" because the former name was [[Mondegreen|enough]] to create a hurricane of racist jokes among the vocal and stupid members of the community. Originally it was called that because it was a two-handed battle axe with a blade in the shape of an oversized razor blade; the joke being that getting cut with it was like nicking yourself shaving, only much worse.
* In ''[[City Ville]]'', players can build a Wedding Hall as a Community Building. It looks like a church, with no other religious iconography. After arguments that it wasn't inclusive enough, Wedding Halls are now a nondescript building with two giant rings on it. Those who already had the church can still keep it.
* The RPG ''Pillars of Eternity'' by Obsidian Entertainment includes various, optional "joke" details stemming from the game's Kickstarter campaign. But after an outcry over supposed misogyny and transphobia in one particular tombstone epitaph, the developers were forced to remove such jokes from the game.
* Game streaming site Twitch recently made a ban on streaming "Adults Only" games and whatever's deemed too mature like ''[[Yandere Simulator]]'', ostensibly to foster a "[http://blog.twitch.tv/2015/05/rules-of-conduct-update-adult-oriented-games/ welcoming, inclusive platform]."
* Fearing potential criticism and supposed backlash, developer Koei Tecmo stated that [http://nichegamer.com/2015/11/no-plans-to-bring-dead-or-alive-xtreme-3-west-developer-koei-tecmo-fears-backlash/ it has no plans] to bring ''[[Dead or Alive]] Xtreme 3'' to Western markets.
=== Web Examples ===
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*** It's particularly bad on Tumblr if you go there just to look for cool fandom-related pics and fun and have to slough through lots of political angst and depressing stuff because the content, even on some supposedly fandom-specific blogs, is so mixed. So if you go looking for, say, some funny gifs of the latest Doctor Who episode, you probably have to scroll through numerous posts about rape, homophobia, sexism, racism, reproductive rights, sexual/gender angst and all kinds of political and personal ''wangst'' just to get to the fun stuff. If you haven't slit your wrists halfway through because of all the injustice and misery being shoved in your face, that is.
*** [[Something Awful]]'s fallen headlong into this, too. Then again, considering the fact that banning people is part of how they earn their living, their reasons are probably far more pragmatic than ideological.
*** NeoGAF has also succumbed to this. To the point of [https://archive.is/Rcd5o banning a developer working for XSEED] based on "problematic views."
* A growing trend among various sites, including online news services/publications is the censoring and outright removal of comment sections. Ironically, it's usually justified under the pretence of ''defending'' free speech.
=== Western Animation ===
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