# Are there choices that a game shouldn't give a player? (Was: Are games inherently trivializing?) **URL:** \ **Category:** Game Development\ **Created:** [January 23, 2017, 11:58am UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-there-choices-that-a-game-shouldnt-give-a-player-was-are-games-inherently-trivializing/23481 "2017-01-23T11:58:41Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 144
**Author:** ![CowboyHooah](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/choiceofgames/user_avatar/forum.choiceofgames.com/cowboyhooah/32/44972_2.png) [@CowboyHooah](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/u/CowboyHooah)\ **Post date:** [March 8, 2017, 3:47pm UTC](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-there-choices-that-a-game-shouldnt-give-a-player-was-are-games-inherently-trivializing/23481/144 "2017-03-08T15:47:31Z")
I’m writing a game [Unspoken (WIP, Demo Ver. 0.0.2)](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/unspoken-wip-incoming-demo/24536) with terrorism as a major theme. Thinking about the motivations, affiliations and natures of the potential terrorist groups, I got to thinking about whether or not the inclusion of certain groups (even only in likeness) would be considered offensive to any of the great members of this community. I personally am 100% free speech, and believe saying anything that doesn’t do any physical harm must be protected speech, even if I disagree with it. So, CoG community, what crosses the line into offending you? If my game contained references to an Islam-affiliated terrorist group (alongside Tea Party groups, anarchists, other groups), would that offend anyone? What is okay to put into your works? Curious on seeing what y’all think. --- _[View the full topic](https://forum.choiceofgames.com/t/are-there-choices-that-a-game-shouldnt-give-a-player-was-are-games-inherently-trivializing/23481)._