I think you’re thinking of Games Workshop, the IP holder for WH and WH40K. This is about Creative Assembly, the developer of the Total War RTS games, mostly historical, but also 3 set in the WH universe. They basically developed a very adversarial relationship with their core audience and failed to innovate in decades. Oh wait it is kinda similar to the Games Workshop situation…
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Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 year ago
Another reason not to give a shit about ultra-fashy WH40k
Altan1903@lemmy.world 1 year ago
PM_me_your_vagina_thanks@kbin.social 1 year ago
But...this has absolutely nothing to do with WH40k? The fuck are you talking about?
Kaldo@kbin.social 1 year ago
They are either a troll or an idiot, in either case best to just mute and move on instead of giving them attention.
cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
isnt total war warhammer about w40k?
BenadrylChunderHatch@lemmy.world 1 year ago
No, it’s about Warhammer fantasy, also Games Workshop, but different universe. Creative Assembly - the Total War guys - have never made a 40k game.
PM_me_your_vagina_thanks@kbin.social 1 year ago
lol, no.
cactusupyourbutt@lemmy.world 1 year ago
uh Im not that guy lol
Im just a random person who made a throwaway comment which happened to be wrong
Swedneck@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
at this point the confusing naming is a pretty good shibboleth to show if you know what you’re talking about
you failed
D1G17AL@kbin.social 1 year ago
Dumb take. That's not what's at issue here and making it an excuse to red herring a series you dislike is really dumb.
108@kbin.social 1 year ago
But violent video games and rap music is still a problem though right?
wildginger@lemmy.myserv.one 1 year ago
Wait what? The “everyones evil” franchise has evil people in it? Gasp
Hyggyldy@sffa.community 1 year ago
40k is, in part, parody to make fun of fascists. That’s why it’s so absurdly over the top. The fact that fascists like it says more about them than the setting.
Maolmi@feddit.de 1 year ago
Yeah, Sure. Way to much hero worship and storylines where the genetically pure supersoldiers of the empire are the good guys to be a parody of fascism.
TheChurn@kbin.social 1 year ago
They aren't the good guys. A lot (too much if you ask the community) of the fiction is told from the perspective of the imperium/space Marines, but that doesn't make them the good guys.
They go around saying things like "The rewards of tolerance are treachery and betrayal." They clearly are not meant to be the good guys, even in their own stories.
The problem is media literacy is so poor that far too many people look at quotes like that and think "that's a good point". Even the creators have put out press releases about how all the fascists are missing the point.
Hyggyldy@sffa.community 1 year ago
That’s an absurdly surface level examination.
Maolmi@feddit.de 1 year ago
You sadly did nothing to deepen my understanding. But there were luckily other. You can now tear into me for not using google or something…
TigrisMorte@kbin.social 1 year ago
There are no good guys in 40k, only various flavors of evil. And for bonus points this has nothing to do with 40k.
RandomStickman@kbin.social 1 year ago
Protagonists aren't always the good guys. Anyone would tell you there are no good guys in 40k and everyone lives a brutal life under eternal war, showing the absurdity of facism.
Jaysyn@kbin.social 1 year ago
I don't think GW knows what parody is.
Hyggyldy@sffa.community 1 year ago
It is a ridiculous imitation of a theocratic fascist society.