Awoo [she/her] to games • 6 months agoHelldivers devs really went with satirising the "UNPROVOKED INVASION" language around the Ukraine warimagemessage-square71 fedilinkarrow-up1175file-text
arrow-up1175imageHelldivers devs really went with satirising the "UNPROVOKED INVASION" language around the Ukraine warAwoo [she/her] to games • 6 months agomessage-square71 Commentsfedilinkfile-text
I'm genuinely impressed with their balls. Libs probably won't notice it but they've done this both on twitter and in-game.
minus-squareTreadOnMe [none/use name]hexbear52·6 months agoThe devs absolutely are left-leaning, the whole thing started as an in-joke in their office. They even make it explicit that super-earth doesn't develop any tech of it's own, they just steal it. link
minus-squareblakeus12 [they/them, he/him]hexbear40·6 months agoalso the "authoritarian light: used for tyrrany" is such a good bit i doubt a lib could come up with it link
minus-squareLENINSGHOSTFACEKILLA [he/him]hexbear7·6 months agothis was the first thing I interacted with in game and I fuckin cackled. link
The devs absolutely are left-leaning, the whole thing started as an in-joke in their office. They even make it explicit that super-earth doesn't develop any tech of it's own, they just steal it.
also the "authoritarian light: used for tyrrany" is such a good bit i doubt a lib could come up with it
this was the first thing I interacted with in game and I fuckin cackled.