All you need to notice is that the painfully politically neutral (e.g mandalore) people making content about games literally never mention this. Because that is a stale, pointless debate that never adds anything to a game’s analysis.
download13@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
Something I’ve noticed is how right wingers who “take games seriously” actually don’t.
They’ll create spreadsheets of games that are “woke” and then cut themselves off from engaging with those, never attempting to understand what this piece of art is, what it’s trying to say, or even just enjoying a fun game.
Attaching the labels of a ginned up culture war to games that you never cared about and wouldn’t have interacted with otherwise is not taking games seriously, it’s cheapening them both as art and experience.
You don’t need to take these people at their word. They have nothing worthwhile to say on this subject.
Sylvartas@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 weeks ago
t3rmit3@beehaw.org 3 weeks ago
I think you’re misunderstanding what “taking games seriously” in this instance.
The Right takes the political power of games seriously. They understand that games can be tactically used as an access route to young men, to influence their politics. They know that it is just another medium like TV or movies or books, and don’t eschew interacting with them for political purposes like Democrats traditionally have.
That’s why it was such a big deal when AOC played Among Us (and later, her and Walz streaming various games). It was a politician on the Left actually ‘deigning’ to interact with young people in a platform that they inhabit, and not belittling it.
The closest equivalent person we have on the Left to someone like JonTron or other YTers who mix Right-wing talking points with games to draw young men into their pipeline, is Hasan, and Democrats treat him like he’s practically Ted Kaczynski in waiting.