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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 1 year ago

Why play a fascist? Unpacking the hideousness of the Space Marine

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Why play a fascist? Unpacking the hideousness of the Space Marine

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 alyaza [they/she]   ( @alyaza@beehaw.org ) MA to GamingEnglish · 1 year ago
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In order to make Warhammer 40,000: Space Marine 2 enjoyable, Saber Interactive had to make the Space Marines less like …
  •  SturgiesYrFase   ( @SturgiesYrFase@lemmy.ml ) 
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    But admittedly, I can understand that you don’t want to create something where you are pretty sure enough media illiterate idiots will not get that the fascists are NOT supposed to be the good guys.

    Just look at Helldiver 1/2, couldn’t be more in your face about it, and yet there’s still people not getting it.

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      Which mirrors exactly how the game’s inspiration, the movie-adapation of Starship Troopers, has been misinterpreted by less observant viewers.

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        Touché

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            The Boys comes to mind, even though this show is hardly subtle. One has to wonder if at least some far-right demagogues are fully aware of this and are actually doing it as a form of cultural appropriation.

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