Asking for a friend :fedposting:

  • ElChango [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    I still play through the Mass Effect and Deus Ex games without much intrusion of critical thought.

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      For some reason I have a much harder time ignoring the ideology in Mass Effect. :zizek:

      Deus Ex's later installments are in some ways far too similar to real life, except that real life Bob Page and his associates are a lot more cringe and stupid and prone to kiddie diddling, yet their power is uncontested.

      • ElChango [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        That's how I feel about Deus Ex.

        As a dumbass 14 yo, adding the layers of "you're half man, half machine" PLUS the Illuminati PLUS the Templars PLUS but WAIT THERE'S MORE LOOK ALIENS was cool as fuck.

        Now, as a slightly less dumb adult, those layers are painfully obvious anti-semitic tropes (among other things), and just can't be ignored.