I think we need to move past the obviously catchy and effective headlines about how creators sometimes call their unavoidably political games “not political statements” or whatever, and shift to conversations that frame the creative choices they make as intrinsically political.
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If your game is trying to “engender empathy” for the American troops in Fallujah and is not interested in acknowledging the atrocities they committed there, congratulations! Your game is most definitely making a political statement!
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When will we finally be able to move past such divisive questions as “Are war crimes really that bad?” to see the things we all have in common with American soldiers?pic.twitter.com/5pPtxOIvqh
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Yeah, I won't be getting that game at all.
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This sounds...horrifying even on the scale of ‘tone-deaf video game shittiness’
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“These are things that divide us” is such a...fuck. My guy is talking about literal war crimes and still pulling out the “gosh we’re so polarized nowadays” shit. The gall. My mouth is just hanging open
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