Vyor
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https://www.theguardian.com/games/2...e-political-heres-how-they-can-be-progressive
There's the guardian saying that all games are political and that almost every modern game pushes right wing politics and that wolfenstein 3d. As in, the first or second FPS was on the right side... but that it shouldn't have been made because... first person shooters are an inherently right wing genre of games.
And that Tropico of all things pushes a right wing economic and social stance... despite allowing you to play as a fucking communistic dictator. Hardly right wing.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...-games-fuel-rise-far-right-violent-misogynist
And there's the guardian saying that video games fuel the far right. Somehow. I mean look at this:
Can you make any sense of that? Cause I can't. Just a buncha non sequiturs. Honestly, how the fuck is Farmville, a game about subverting the natural order through farming about the restorization of natural harmony? And isn't that a more left wing hippy idea than far right?
Then you have this pile of bullshit:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/379430/discussions/0/1693788384130434903/
Banning people from your site for talking about a creator of a game(which happens to be rather decent, if not amazing; too buggy) because you happen to disagree with his politics is, uh, toxic to say the least. And of course the media attacks on the game:
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/9kzqxd/kingdom-come-deliverance-waypoint-radio
https://kotaku.com/idiots-fight-to-keep-a-medieval-game-white-1516970808
https://www.vidaextra.com/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-rigor-historico-o-machismo-disfrazado
Here's an interesting line from that last one:
Which is just wrong.
And then... then you have the reaction to Doom Eternal's gameplay trailers. Which is laughable.
https://www.gamerevolution.com/feat...l-mortally-challenged-joke-offensively-boring
If you're offended by that, maybe you should look in a mirror. It's making fun of corporations still, just the corporations that try and pander to the left instead of the right this time. It falls right in line with the first game's jokes. Portraying things that are bad as things you shouldn't worry about or be happy for.
It's corporate PR speak. It's akin to saying "Remember, invaders can be an offensive term, please refer to them as the poor instead and we can make their stay in their new home a pleasant one"
Equating an actual demonic invasion with something harmless is the joke. It's something corporations do all the damn time FFS.
There's the guardian saying that all games are political and that almost every modern game pushes right wing politics and that wolfenstein 3d. As in, the first or second FPS was on the right side... but that it shouldn't have been made because... first person shooters are an inherently right wing genre of games.
And that Tropico of all things pushes a right wing economic and social stance... despite allowing you to play as a fucking communistic dictator. Hardly right wing.
https://www.theguardian.com/comment...-games-fuel-rise-far-right-violent-misogynist
And there's the guardian saying that video games fuel the far right. Somehow. I mean look at this:
First, rightwing ideologies have been overrepresented and dominant throughout the history of video games. Although affected by context, video games have long focused on the expulsion of "aliens" (Space Invaders to XCOM), fear of impure infection (Half-Life to The Last of Us), border control (Missile Commander to Plants vs Zombies), territory acquisition (Command & Conquer to Splatoon), empire building (Civilization to Tropico), princess recovery (Mario to Zelda), and restoration of natural harmony (Sonic to FarmVille).
Can you make any sense of that? Cause I can't. Just a buncha non sequiturs. Honestly, how the fuck is Farmville, a game about subverting the natural order through farming about the restorization of natural harmony? And isn't that a more left wing hippy idea than far right?
Then you have this pile of bullshit:
https://steamcommunity.com/app/379430/discussions/0/1693788384130434903/
Banning people from your site for talking about a creator of a game(which happens to be rather decent, if not amazing; too buggy) because you happen to disagree with his politics is, uh, toxic to say the least. And of course the media attacks on the game:
https://waypoint.vice.com/en_us/article/9kzqxd/kingdom-come-deliverance-waypoint-radio
https://kotaku.com/idiots-fight-to-keep-a-medieval-game-white-1516970808
https://www.vidaextra.com/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-rigor-historico-o-machismo-disfrazado
Here's an interesting line from that last one:
It is impossible for a game to be historically realistic
Which is just wrong.
And then... then you have the reaction to Doom Eternal's gameplay trailers. Which is laughable.
https://www.gamerevolution.com/feat...l-mortally-challenged-joke-offensively-boring
If you're offended by that, maybe you should look in a mirror. It's making fun of corporations still, just the corporations that try and pander to the left instead of the right this time. It falls right in line with the first game's jokes. Portraying things that are bad as things you shouldn't worry about or be happy for.
It's corporate PR speak. It's akin to saying "Remember, invaders can be an offensive term, please refer to them as the poor instead and we can make their stay in their new home a pleasant one"
Equating an actual demonic invasion with something harmless is the joke. It's something corporations do all the damn time FFS.