Hotline Miami wants to have its cake & eat it too. The game wants its fun violence & for it to be a critique too. Can’t have it both ways.
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Replying to @ZaidJilani
@ZaidJilani@radicalbytes any narrative material about how "violence is bad" would be completely negated by the thrilling experience of it.7 replies 0 retweets 1 like -
Replying to @carolynmichelle
@carolynmichelle@ZaidJilani@radicalbytes see: a clockwork orange, the sopranos, the wire, breaking bad, most antiwar films2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Hexjackal
@Hexjackal ...level--so many fans were straight-up rooting for "Heisenberg" and seeing him as a hero even though he was an amoral monster.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @carolynmichelle
@carolynmichelle how we as a culture respond to these types of characters and situations.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Hexjackal
@Hexjackal ...actually don't take the step of encouraging that kind of reflection and confrontation with their values, they just reinforce.5 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @carolynmichelle
@carolynmichelle then there hasn't been a single effective piece of media ever made in our history.3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @Hexjackal
@Hexjackal ...really uncomfortable. I agree with bell hooks here in All About Love:pic.twitter.com/GYOOwpApVI
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Replying to @carolynmichelle
@carolynmichelle what is going on screen but rather that all these films and shows have proven that you want to almost desensitize them.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
@Hexjackal Right, so then the next filmmaker or game designer or TV producer reaches for even more AWESOME EXTREME BADASS BRUTAL violence...
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