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These are not "localizations" of Western games; they are patched worlds where a player shoots a monster with a Khanjar (dagger) while listening to an dubstep remix of Ataba singing.
Unlike traditional remakes (like the Egyptian version of The Office ), patched content is grassroots, immediate, and often legally ambiguous. It is the folk art of the digital age.