Ozimandeus: I want to maximise what I spend on European goods and services, and lessen/eradicate goods and services from Russia and the USA. Why is irrelevant. I would venture that I do exactly the same in every bit of shopping I do in the supermarket. I will chose a supermarket that offers local produce over any other. Why? because that is what I choose to do.

Timboli: And I certainly wouldn't describe it as being about their point of view.
It is about the impact on them, which is very different to a POV.

Timboli: And is GOG not doing that?
I wonder how the majority of customers feel about this? Do they even care?

If the majority of GOG customers want these country labels, then so be it. But I seriously suspect they don't, and so I am not one that believes in pandering to a minority, not without good reason, a reason beyond politics and bias.

Timboli: No just discriminating based on where they live ... same same really.

Catventurer: As a consumer, I decide based on a game's content and you should too. Judge by their actions and their releases. Do not be fooled by press release statements.

At the top of my list of companies that everyone should boycott is Number None, and it's not because they are based out of Texas (US.) The Witness was released with puzzles that cannot be solved if you're color-blind and other puzzles that cannot be solved if you are deaf. These ableist puzzles also come late in the game, which means that the most popular storefront (Steam) will never issue a refund as the player would have exceeded the allowed period once they encounter them. When called out on this, the official response was to just skip the ableist puzzles. This is ignoring that to get the real/true ending, you need to do those puzzles.

Ableism is very much a pro-MAGA view point, Even if Number None made a statement claiming to be against Trump himself, it would not change the fact that they share his view point that people with disabilities don't need to be accommodated, even when the accommodation is just to do better and warn people about such content in the future.

On the other hand, IkenFell (2020) and I was a Teenage Exocolonist (2022) both have Canadian developers and American publishers. The American publishers have made their position clear just by publishing these games while being upfront about the LGBT+ content as both are fairly recent releases.

Catventurer: Russia *IS* in fact part of Europe. Yes, I'm well aware that Russia is transcontinental where most of the landmass is in Asia. It's also true that the bulk of Russia's population is in Europe. This means that a game from Russia should have the "Made in Europe" tag because the country is in fact part of Europe, like it or not.

LiefLayer: [...]
I don't think russia qualify as Europe at all.

amok: You’ve heard the phrase 'facts don’t care about your feelings,' right?

The continent of Europe ends at the Ural Mountains and follows the Emba River down to the Caspian coast. This means that the western part of Russia is in Europe (see the attached map).

In fact, 40% of Europe’s landmass is Russian territory, and 15% of the European population lives in Russia, making it the largest European country.

Whether you personally accept this or not doesn’t change the fact.

Catventurer: Russia *IS* in fact part of Europe. Yes, I'm well aware that Russia is transcontinental where most of the landmass is in Asia. It's also true that the bulk of Russia's population is in Europe. This means that a game from Russia should have the "Made in Europe" tag because the country is in fact part of Europe, like it or not.

LiefLayer: that's just geography and it's an artificial border made by human.
by that reasoning we could say that there is no europe or asia but just 1 continent.
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Ozimandeus: For the love of.... <deep sigh>

"Modern Europe" is defined as the EU+UK
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amok: You’ve heard the phrase 'facts don’t care about your feelings,' right?

The continent of Europe ends at the Ural Mountains and follows the Emba River down to the Caspian coast. This means that the western part of Russia is in Europe (see the attached map).

In fact, 40% of Europe’s landmass is Russian territory, and 15% of the European population lives in Russia, making it the largest European country.

Whether you personally accept this or not doesn’t change the fact.

amok: No, I stopped reading there because you clearly don’t know what you’re talking about. Continents are most definitely not human-made, they are defined by plate tectonics. In fact, it’s the opposite of what you’re saying. The Earth has seven major and minor plates, which is what gives rise to the seven continents.

You’re talking about arbitrary borders created by humans, but continents are the result of plate tectonics. The reason Asia and Europe are considered separate continents is because they sit on different tectonic plates.

Ozimandeus: I was going to just ignore you (I'd hate for you to fall foul of the code of conduct), but... please see my post above reference what Modern Europe consists of. Note the sources. 'Made in Europe' would need to be based on political boundaries, not topography. However I have come to the conclusion that the initial ask wouldn't be granular enough. Therefore the ask is a tag for country of origin.

Ozimandeus: Topography doesn't always align with political or cultural boundaries. [...]

amok: Plate tectonics is not topography

Ozimandeus: Yup being obtuse once more, back on ignore I think.
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Ozimandeus: [...]
Debating what is and what is not defined as Europe or not, is nothing to do with the OG subject. If you want to have that debate, I would recommend heading over to reddit and doing it there. As I said, the subject of this thread, is about metadata for videogames, specifically, country of origin. No doubt you will want to debate on what is and what isn't a country next? again, I refer you to the comments I made above.