“I hate when people force politics into stories and media. I wish they’d do more stuff like [insert IP with well-known and/or obvious political themes and references].”
The Fallout series in a nutshell. There are a terrifying number of Libertarians and fascists that love the series, despite its overt anticapitalist themes and messages.
Warhammer too. I don’t have any proof, but my subjective experience leads me to believe that the vast majority of players/enjoyers of the franchise are right wingers, which is funny considering that a good amount of lore exists exclusively to make fun of them.
The same people who enjoyed Metal Gear Solid because it’s a cool game about shooting the bad guys, I guess.
Heck, I once watched Starship Troopers with a friend, only to spend the following five hours arguing, because he insisted that the film (which is a very on-the-nose parody of fascism and militarism) actually makes fun of anti-fascists. I don’t know how you can misunderstand something so badly.
“I hate when people force politics into stories and media. I wish they’d do more stuff like [insert IP with well-known and/or obvious political themes and references].”
“I liked rage against the machine before they got all political”
The Fallout series in a nutshell. There are a terrifying number of Libertarians and fascists that love the series, despite its overt anticapitalist themes and messages.
If we truly took everything to heart for its original message, every American is suppose to be insulted by Yankee Doodle.
Warhammer too. I don’t have any proof, but my subjective experience leads me to believe that the vast majority of players/enjoyers of the franchise are right wingers, which is funny considering that a good amount of lore exists exclusively to make fun of them.
The same people who enjoyed Metal Gear Solid because it’s a cool game about shooting the bad guys, I guess.
Heck, I once watched Starship Troopers with a friend, only to spend the following five hours arguing, because he insisted that the film (which is a very on-the-nose parody of fascism and militarism) actually makes fun of anti-fascists. I don’t know how you can misunderstand something so badly.
They’re willing to ignore the criticism of facism in exchange for a chance to roleplay being a space nazi.
Ugh, I can’t believe they made the cyberpunk games all political, I just want cool robot arms and neon lights!