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[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 30 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Doom? Tetris? Need for Speed? Wii Tennis? WTF are you talking about?

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 34 points 3 weeks ago (4 children)

Actually, tetris is really a commentary about the brief and fragile ethnostate in Constantinople as the Byzantine empire fell to the Ottoman empire.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 12 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Good to see my sixth sense tuned to useless bullshit is still working. I knew some joker was gonna call me out on Tetris 🤣

[–] halykthered@lemmy.ml 10 points 3 weeks ago

I just couldn't let the original commentor get away with saying the most ridiculous shit in this thread, I had to top them.

[–] Comment105@lemm.ee 5 points 3 weeks ago

Yeah, people not getting that is a prime example of the sad state of contemporary media literacy.

[–] weariedfae@lemmy.world 3 points 3 weeks ago

Istanbul was Constantinople now it's Istanbul not Constantinople​ been a long time gone, Constantinople and a Turkish delight on a moonlit night. Every gal in Constantinople lives in Istanbul not Constantinople​ so if you have a date in Constantinople she'll be waiting in Istanbul. Even old New York was once New Amsterdam, why they changed it i can't say, people just liked it better that way... So take me back to Constantinople no you can't go back to Constantinople cause it's Istanbul not Constantinople been a long time gone, Constantinople why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks... Dodo do do do de do do do do aaaaaaa whaaaaa (I'm just going to stop here)

Ok it's from memory don't sue me if I fucked it up.

[–] Eyck_of_denesle@lemmy.zip 2 points 3 weeks ago

This had me cracking up. I was checking if I opened reddit accidentally.

[–] Doburoku@lemmy.world 5 points 2 weeks ago

Need for Speed promotes scofflaw activities.

And I'm all for it.

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 0 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

I'm not saying I know anything about this Dragon Age, I haven't played it.

I think it's a fair point though, to imagine an a-political narrative game, because I think most if not all RPG games I can think of have some kind of political content.

[–] BrundleFly2077@sh.itjust.works 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Shifting the goalposts on behalf of OP, but whatever. Where are you guys coming from?

Narrative games of any scope are almost inevitably going to bump into themes like hierarchy, power dynamics and moral dilemmas. That doesn’t make them “political” in the sense that they’re directly discussing real events around you. I won’t presume anything about your personal position here, but OP gives the impression that if a fantasy game depicted a fictional race subjugated by another he would start complaining that it was woke.

If you want a story without those things you largely need to pick a different genre.

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 4 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

That's what I'm trying to say. I don't think such a game is feasible.

Also, in the context of this threat, saying "ooo Tetris isn't political!" is being pedantic, that's not what the person meant when they asked for an example of a non political game.

[–] xep@fedia.io 5 points 3 weeks ago

I would like to find a game free of political message,

They asked for a game free of political messages, and got several. Are you sure that's not what they meant? Does Tic Tac Toe have political messages? What about 2048?