At first I didn't have too much of a problem with the arricle, assuming the author was referring to extreme fringe games like you'll see from the occasional far-right white supremacist (the kind of game that will occasionally pop up on Steam until the ensuing uproar let's Valve know what they are selling on their professional storefront and they hurriedly take it down). Then I read this:
So instantly I thought it was satire because of how ludicrous it is. I'm still wondering if it actually is satire and I'm just being extra dense today.
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).
So instantly I thought it was satire because of how ludicrous it is. I'm still wondering if it actually is satire and I'm just being extra dense today.
"We live on a placid island of ignorance in the midst of black seas of infinity, and it was not meant that we should voyage far."
"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
"Universal compassion is the only guarantee of morality."
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