mesamunefire@lemmy.world to RetroGaming@lemmy.worldEnglish · 9 months agoPublishers Have Finally Said The Quiet Part Out Loud About Retro Gameswww.forbes.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1154arrow-down113cross-posted to: [email protected]
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minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·edit-29 months agoCircuses, you say? But are you also saying they need to impart social ideologies with them? Like what ones? Where you going with this? Glorifying/justifying war? Or are you talking stuff in the realm of equal representation?
minus-squareDragon Rider (drag)@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6·edit-29 months agoVideo games like Assassin’s Creed normalise murdering rich assholes who exploit people. Video games like Halo normalise thinking for yourself instead of participating in genocide. Video games like Metal Gear normalise anti-war views and action. Video games like Mario normalise working class people opposing the unjust actions of kings. Clearly, Capital and the State have a vested interest in spreading these kinds of sinister narratives.
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minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoOh, that’s even more engineered and conspiratorial than I was thinking. You’re right.
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minus-squareparaphrand@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down1·9 months agoAh, ok. I was worried the W word was going to come up. 😬
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Circuses, you say?
But are you also saying they need to impart social ideologies with them? Like what ones? Where you going with this?
Glorifying/justifying war? Or are you talking stuff in the realm of equal representation?
Video games like Assassin’s Creed normalise murdering rich assholes who exploit people.
Video games like Halo normalise thinking for yourself instead of participating in genocide.
Video games like Metal Gear normalise anti-war views and action.
Video games like Mario normalise working class people opposing the unjust actions of kings.
Clearly, Capital and the State have a vested interest in spreading these kinds of sinister narratives.
Hell yeah.
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Oh, that’s even more engineered and conspiratorial than I was thinking. You’re right.
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Ah, ok. I was worried the W word was going to come up. 😬
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