“Honestly, we’re not sad to see them go”
Nexus modules have been removed and Star field a mod that got rid of the game’s pronoun options in its character creator. The popular mod platform stood by its decision, despite backlash from a vocal minority Star field fans who have logged into the game’s Steam page and community forum. “Honestly, we’re not sad to see them go,” he told Nexus Mods 404 Mediawith the “vitriol” coming from a small part of the wider mod community.
“It’s not a ‘political statement’ or ‘adjusting to one side or the other in the culture war,'” Nexus Mods said. “We stand for diversity and inclusion in our community and removing diversity, while appealing to many, does not foster a positive modding community.”
This mod was the endpoint of some toxic discourse around Bethesda’s new space opera RPG in the week following the game’s release. One YouTuber went viral bragging about the pronoun options on the game’s character creation screen — players can choose between she, him, and them — and claimed it broke the immersion. In the following days, several trends were discussed on the Steam discussion boards Star field to be “woke” or “political”.
While that initial wave of conversation died down, the mod — and its removal — seems to have inspired another wave of conversation. Another round of reviewers, clearly annoyed by this minor character creation option, left the negative score on Star fieldSteam page, referring to “terrible character creator” and “Politics (if you know you know),” recently on Monday.
Nexus Mods’ decision is consistent with past actions. In 2022, a popular mod site banned the account that created the mod for Marvel’s Spider-Man which removed Pride flags from the city. A Nexus Mods blog published at the time explained: “We’re for inclusivity, we’re for diversity.”
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