Red Crayon Aristocrat
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Why do SJWs hate escapism so much? Why do they feel the need to inject politics into everything?
I remember back in the 2000s gaming was such a great escape from the post 9/11, Iraq war, George W Bush days, I guess if games were made then like they are today there'd be endless haranguing about Dubya.
Sure, on occasion a game would get political, which is fine, but it wasn't everything, when even something as goofy as Mortal Kombat is political, you know things have gone too far.
And generally games that did have social commentary did so in a way that wasn't such cheap, lazy pandering, take Gears of War for example, there was certainly Iraq war undertones to the whole thing, but you could also just enjoy it as a fun sci fi shoot 'em up, it wasn't as obvious about it as it would be today.
I remember back in the 2000s gaming was such a great escape from the post 9/11, Iraq war, George W Bush days, I guess if games were made then like they are today there'd be endless haranguing about Dubya.
Sure, on occasion a game would get political, which is fine, but it wasn't everything, when even something as goofy as Mortal Kombat is political, you know things have gone too far.
And generally games that did have social commentary did so in a way that wasn't such cheap, lazy pandering, take Gears of War for example, there was certainly Iraq war undertones to the whole thing, but you could also just enjoy it as a fun sci fi shoot 'em up, it wasn't as obvious about it as it would be today.