• @smeg@feddit.uk
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    1318 days ago

    The article discusses this; basically the video games want you to at least slightly like the protagonist you’re playing as, which means they can’t entirely be the monstrous caricatures they were designed to be.

    • ℍ𝕂-𝟞𝟝
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      1017 days ago

      I don’t get it why not though, Spec Ops The Line was not a technical marvel or an outstanding gameplay experience even for its time, but we are still talking about it for its message.

      • @drunkpostdisaster@lemmy.world
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        15 days ago

        Dude, you can genetically modify a race to live shorter lives, taste good and make them more subservient and weaker. That shit is beyond genocide. From chattel to cattle.