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2011
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Self-censorship is stopping games being funnier says Schafer
Games devs too scared to crack their real jokes
Double Fine boss Tim Schafer has been bemoaning the current state of comedy in video games due to fear of bothering people.
The Grim Fandango and Full Throttle creator told CVG that a lot of developers are actually censoring their comedy ideas due to fear of offending people.
He said: "There are a lot of funny people in the games industry, and [they seem to] think of the funny thing, and then say: 'No, I can't do that. Let's cut that out because someone might be bothered by that.'"
Schafer continued: "I think if people censored themselves less there'd be a lot more funny stuff out there."
