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GamerGate - An anon provides some interesting insight into the politicization of games and the game journos behind it.

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O Anonymous 03/19/19 Tue 15:53:10 No.455102790 22455102902224551032472245510382722455104056 >>45510494322455105180 >455105329 he 455105731 455106318 455 0 532 450107 57 455 1077 了 eb4561 7793 455 i00 13 455 10864§ 455 109945 455 D MO 4551 9 1 455 109 i40 455118021455118932 4551190921551215751223394551227551243YO455125143455122455131681 455132961455133004 455133301 455133351 55134150455134637 45513492445135289513690551374545513944551 10394 455140531 Why do journos want games to be political when people who actually play them want the exact opposite? What causes the divide? Anonymous 03/19/19(Tue)16:55:34 No.455109640455109869455140765 (OP) P> This is an interesting question, and I think it has to do partially with journalism as a profession. Journalists like to claim, nowadays, that all games are inherently political, which is obviously untrue. There's nothing political about Tetris, or Super game than the creator intended. Sure, you could write a bunch of articles about the gameplay mechanics of the latest AAA game, but what about its POLITICAL message? If it doesn't have one already, you can just invent one Obviously, there are exceptions. Some games, like that last Wolfenstein game where B.J's dad had the Trump hair, are transparently political in an obnoxious, ham-fisted way. Other games, like Deus Ex, are also very political, but present their political messages intelligently. However, most games today keep their politics outside the game itself. You could play Overwatch, for example, and have no idea which characters are and aren't gay (I don't see sexuality as a political issue in and of itself, but it's often used as one). But if you read all the background material, you can figure out who's a crypto-lesbian and who's not. They don't directly inform you via gameplay, but they get progressive points anyway by telling people about is that plenty of games will be retrofitted with politics, either by the developers or the slimy world of gaming journalism, which creates the divide. Players don't analyze the game politically because they're busy playing it, journalists do because they wearit io Int you in click ni I Îİ Kliai įiclen, aari:1 If tTK2liai įlcles i ar.alx>ut pnlitlt . Ix:tipk: will cilt k on il Klll.

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