You have two choices:
1) Download the game (it’s free), play it, and, if desired, comment intelligently about it.
2) Shut the fuck up.

It’s actually a pretty nice game so far (haven’t gotten to the school yet). It explains why he goes to the school and it actually mentions the reason for the school. The reason he goes to the school is because there is a 24-hour nursing staff so the children can still go to school instead of being homeschooled. The presence of the nurses makes it easier on the students and on their parents. Although most of them live on campus. A quote from the doctor in the game is, “… It’s designed to give students a degree of independence, while keeping help nearby.” While it sounds like being “disabled” means you can’t fend for yourself, I think it makes sense. It’s very common for any parent to do what they think is best for their child, “disabled or not” and going to a school where someone can always be there to help seems like a good decision.

They’re making this game seem demeaning because it’s a dating sim. Believe me, there are far worse games out there. If they really wanted to get on dating sims they would dealing with the H ones instead of this one. They would probably assume there are only ones for men, and while that /is/ the target audiences, there are plenty for women and even gay men (though, that’s more of a “fetish” for women).

Anyway, to continue with the game, the main character has a huge issue with even going. He’s assuming because he’s going to a “disabled” school it’s a “step down” from normal school. Knowing the basic make up of these sort of games, he’s going to have a revaluation and probably fall in love.

Oh, and to the OP, please read about the characters before judging http://www.katawa-shoujo.com/characters.php I will note that they include the girls’ bust, waist and hip size, but they do that in a large majority of games/anime/manga. The also list blood type. The blood type is for a different reason though and is always mentioned (I’ve never read a manga where it wasn’t mentioned in the profile and I’ve read over 5000 books).

Oh, and good show putting up a screencap drawn by someone completely unaffiliated with the game and calling it representative. This might just tie the time you guys took the picture of the two dolls side by side who were clearly labelled flight attendant and imposed your own gender bias onto it. Well. Done.

The hypocrisy of this subject is just amazing. We’re told that we’re all equal, the same as everyone else but the second that a disabled person (I prefer the term “person”) makes their way into new media be-it TV, movies, games and the like…it suddenly becomes a huge issue.

Maybe one day all people regardless of gender, age, race, religious beliefs and cultures will be united as human beings but I don’t see that happening in my lifetime.

Oh, while I’m here, I would like to share a story with you. I was in town going to buy a game I wanted (CoD4 :) ) and on the way, I was being ridiculed by this guy. While pecking away at my self esteem he forgot to look before he crossed the road and got hit by a car.

He survived but now he has to eat through a tube. The very definition of Karma I think.

Have you ever looked anywhere on 4chan besides /b/? You might see that it has dozens of other boards that are completely SFW, and even nice to go to! It’s so utterly annoying that being affiliated with 4chan has the connotation of being a freak from /b/. :C

But I found it highly recommended on PlayThisThing.com, so I downloaded it. 10 hours of play later, I kind of became an evangelist for the game. Speaking as a gamer, a romantic, and someone with psychological disabilities, It’s just. That. Well. Written.

While I can’t understand lusting after “Deaf-Tan,” I can easily believe someone would fall in love for and have sexual feelings for the leader of the school Student Council, an eloquent, michevious and beautiful young woman named Shizune. Who happens to be deaf.

I hope enough people play this game to appreciate the difference.