I'm so happy everyone seems so happy with AC: Syndicate. It's always lovely to talk about how a game does things right.
@RowanKaiser @hoskingc Well except for the whole "brutal murder is totally awesome & the key to solving social ills like child labor" thing!
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@RowanKaiser@hoskingc I mean, credit where credit is due, IMO, but I think it still is pretty politically messed up. -
@RowanKaiser@hoskingc ...really violent AAA games, only with women and people of color." - Show replies
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@carolynmichelle@hoskingc I tend to think the violence conversation is a rather different one. as is the capitalism one -
@RowanKaiser@carolynmichelle@hoskingc I'm not sure a Ubisoft game is the proper venue for a decent discussion of the ills of capitalism. - Show replies
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@carolynmichelle@RowanKaiser those are issues, but not diversity ones. -
@hoskingc@RowanKaiser In any case, for me personally these issues intersect insofar as I don't think the goal as it were is "just as many..
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@carolynmichelle@hoskingc but that's sorta why it's the perfect AAA diversity game-it's got its representation as if that's all that counts -
@RowanKaiser@carolynmichelle I take it that unlike dishonored, there are no non-lethal solutions - Show replies
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@RowanKaiser@hoskingc For instance if you have a CoD game where you can play as a woman but you're fighting an imperialistic war and...Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@RowanKaiser@hoskingc ...killing lots of brown people, we need to ask ourselves, is that even meaningful progress? -
@carolynmichelle@RowanKaiser Yes, it is, but there's still a way to go.
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