As an example, you see with certain countries, they censor things that are subversive. Islamic countries will remove gay stuff as they should.
So that brings me to things like Red Dead Redemption. The first Red Dead Redemption is one of my favorite video games of all time. I also recognize it as utterly subversive.
I love it for the gameplay and skip the cutscenes, but if you don't skip the cutscenes, it's clear that Rockstar was trying to shine their leftist garbage values onto the American cowboy mythos.
What do you do if you're in charge of America? Have the script rewritten and the dialogue redone/revoiced, leave it be, etc?
I'm of the mind that we had the right idea in the 1950s where we opposed subversive communistic/marxist messages in entertainment. If they wanted to get away with it, they had to be subtle enough that most people wouldn't pick up on it back then.
That said, what is and isn't subversive? Is Max Payne subversive? In the first game, I don't notice any subversive bullcrap, but to someone else who considers anything darker and bleaker than the Andy Griffith show to be destructive to the American spirit, Max Payne would be subversive to them.
What's your opinion?
I never understood the appeal of looter shooters. They are the most boring, pointless games imaginable.
Number go up, open chest and prizes come out, then number go up again. More numbers, more chests, more colorful prizes. Number go up.
So it's a flashy, colorful Skinner Box.
It's the only way MMORPG gremlins can enjoy a FPS.
-an MMORPG gremlin
If you hate the FPS part of FPS, and instead of cool dynamic gunfights you want bullet sponges and grinding for better gear in order to experience the most bland and simplistic imitation of FPS gameplay
It's a simple to understand gameplay loop with a dopamine hit at the end. Coupled with risk of failure meaning less (or no) loot makes the wins all that more addicting. It's a psychological trap that allows game studios to put the bare minimum in design beyond a few reusable levels and hero designs.