• rwhitisissle@lemmy.ml
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    9 months ago

    The idea of a “Prison Architect” series of games is just conceptually wild to me. I wonder if in a hundred years this will have the same ring to it that a game like “Slave Plantation Architect” would have today. Just remarkably crass and tasteless.

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      9 months ago

      They do try to show the problems inherent in the US prison system. That said, there is a similar game about building a cult compound, which is also fun.

      That said, how is this worse than the whole slew of games about US soldiers killing people across the world, almost always portrayed as the cool protagonists?

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        9 months ago

        That said, how is this worse than the whole slew of games about US soldiers killing people across the world, almost always portrayed as the cool protagonists?

        Uh, it’s not. Those are fucking terrible, too. Arguably worse. In fact, where did I say those were better?

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          9 months ago

          Sorry about that, I misunderstood your argument to mean “this game’s theme should be universally condemned by the general public” instead of “I personally condemn the theme of this game”.

          I guess most games and media and art in general will seem wild to an audience that is viewing it through a different cultural lens. I’m still amazed C&C Generals got released as it did.

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      9 months ago

      It’s just a fun game. There are also games about war, does that mean they must not be fun?