Yes, things can have hidden political messages. Yes, games have internal politics within their lore.
But that's not what it actually means. The only time this phrase is ever used is when a game beats you over the head with a "future is female" agenda. That's not politics, that's brainwashing. Usually targeting people too young to see what's happening. Straight up propaganda, the likes of which the Nazis could only dream about creating.
The only time this phrase is ever used is when a game beats you over the head with a "future is female" agenda. That's not politics, that's brainwashing
I don't know why I expected anything else other than selective quotes.
I'm not fine with it, but I accept that hardly anything can avoid carrying the biases of those who made it.
That said, you know what people mean when they complain about politics in games. It's when the story has a thinly veiled attack at the target du jour of left-wing whining. It's when there's some tone deaf reference to women's "oppression" which is as fictional as the game it was in. It's when a game's story becomes dated after one election, because it was never meant to do anything other than try to influence votes.
Yes, there has always been games with political subtext, but where's the logic in such trash as Battlefield V flipping the gender of real heroes of the second world war to push the feminist narrative?
As usual, Nintendo are being cowards. Have a backbone ffs!
Games are inherently political.
I hate this fucking statement.
Yes, things can have hidden political messages. Yes, games have internal politics within their lore.
But that's not what it actually means. The only time this phrase is ever used is when a game beats you over the head with a "future is female" agenda. That's not politics, that's brainwashing. Usually targeting people too young to see what's happening. Straight up propaganda, the likes of which the Nazis could only dream about creating.
So you're okay with politics in games?
I don't know why I expected anything else other than selective quotes.
I'm not fine with it, but I accept that hardly anything can avoid carrying the biases of those who made it.
That said, you know what people mean when they complain about politics in games. It's when the story has a thinly veiled attack at the target du jour of left-wing whining. It's when there's some tone deaf reference to women's "oppression" which is as fictional as the game it was in. It's when a game's story becomes dated after one election, because it was never meant to do anything other than try to influence votes.
Yes, there has always been games with political subtext, but where's the logic in such trash as Battlefield V flipping the gender of real heroes of the second world war to push the feminist narrative?