• Magician [he/him, they/them]
    hexbear
    22
    3 months ago

    It was originally called the Landlord Game and was created by a woman who wanted to demonstrate the evils of hoarding land. It was later bought and sold without that message. I wish I could wonder how much of the original messaging will show up.

    It's just annoying given the way reactionary nerds moan about historical accuracy except in cases like this where they'll put out video essays about wokeness in this movie because the cast isn't all straight white people.

    • TreadOnMe [none/use name]
      hexbear
      11
      3 months ago

      Additionally, there were two ways to play, and the point was to notice how slow infrastructure development was when you played the 'capitalist' way, which is the way that the game was marketed. The frustration and 9.5 hour runtime is literally intentional.

    • Vncredleader [he/him]
      hexbear
      7
      3 months ago

      The game spread through Quaker neighborhoods which developed it. Who wants to bet that the most they will get mentioned is an "easter egg" of a sterotypical quaker like the quaker oats mascot?