gamers: games should never be political.
also gamers: so here's this RPG were unsustainable energy harvesting is protected by wealthy elite and is killing the planet. and also your party consists largely of a bunch of eco terrorists. and it's an absolute classic and pinnacle of the medium
@venatus what video game is this because i don't know what kinds of video games there are
@xenon final fantasy 7
social justice corvids
@venatus i'd challenge anyone to name a game (especially a well-regarded one) that isn't political. this goes for any kind of art really
@autistikai @venatus This Is The Only Level
@autistikai @venatus i was mostly joking because it's a fun thought experiment
@autistikai @zoe indeed, my original point was not that no game is ever political, just that angry a*political gamers tend to ignore the politics of the games they consider "per-approved"
@venatus @autistikai yeah, it's so obviously a dogwhistle and i don't think they believe it either, so i just refuse to treat it with any dignity
@venatus @autistikai like, it's so not a real argument that i just ignore it
I don't think we can consider Thomas Was Alone or Gris as political games 🤷
@MrVarren @venatus @autistikai ...how far did you play into Thomas Was Alone?
Til the end, several time... But it was a while now, so my memories could be messy...
I remember the music and philosophical questions about AI
@MrVarren @venatus @autistikai it also is quite a bit about discrimination, iirc
Never though of it that way.... Makes sense 🙃
Now I will require to do it again 😂
@venatus
Me: Name a video game that's not politicial.
Them: Sonic the Hedgehog.
*flashbacks of Sonic destroying pollution-spewing machinery and freeing animals from captivity*
Me: *Stares into the camera*