It also doesn’t teach you about the rapid consolidation of wealth that happens in a capitalist system or how to cook the perfect bran muffin...

Because, uh, it’s a game about fighting nazis...

Morrison has a tendency to do “dark” in a way that’s also pretty damn hopeful and crazy. Just look at Final Crisis - a book about nihilism and the death of the universe at the hands of weaponized apathy that’s resolved by Superman singing at Darkseid. His death of Batman story was about an amnesiac Bruce clawing his…

Bowser made me queer. only half joking

I think the Witcher is an especially important choice because there’s a tendency in AAA titles to gameify choice and morality: each decision manifesting as a tick one way or another on an ethical bar, providing tangible in-game rewards for “roleplaying consistently”, setting specific parameters for a “good” ending.…

That’s fair.

Have any games had an impact on how you see the world socially or ideologically in any meaningful way?

Uh, more like Disney protecting their brand by removing something in bad taste from a kid’s movie. but sure. whatever’s clever, my dude

wait, is the character in the blooper reel supposed to be Stinky Pete, or is he supposed to be the “actor” playing Stinky Pete?

I think you really missed the mark here, Joshua. By excising the “castle” from the portmanteau, the title really hones in on what these games are about: playing an android in a city in Transylvania.

Technically almostall of these games take place in the city of Cluj-Napoca, but that’s a bit of a mouthful.

tbf, Gita can only write about the people that respond to her for input.

But fortunately that’s what the comments sections are for. Do you have any examples of a video game moving you politically to the right that you’d like to share?

And, I mean, are you suggesting that “recognizing that Iraqis are people” and…

I mean, Ubisoft is so damn weird. So many of their games center some explicitly controversial real world issues, but they’re *so* adamant about the notion that they aren’t political.

I’m right there with you though. Games don’t need to shy away from contextualized meaning. As one of the few forms of art that employs…

I think it’s a concept sort of like the uncanny valley. They look enough like the movie Avengers that the obvious comparisons are going to be drawn but not distinct enough that we can comfortably say “Oh they’re their own thing”.

They don’t look like a new spin on the Avengers. They look like off-brand Party City MCU…

I think there’s a higher chance that it just won’t happen. Gaiman tends to be protective of his works, and he’s already talked about the shit show of trying to make a Sandman movie years ago. So I suspect it will either be interesting, or it will never be developed.

The problem is that we’re assuming they should be trying to “not offend anyone”. It’s okay, admirable even, to offend bigot babies.

That certainly makes sense then. I’m guessing gameplay balance isn’t a really big issue in Pokemon either. I stand corrected!

This was an inevitability at one point or another right? Don’t they have to update the designs and animations for any imported pokemon?

You know what I think could be fun? Show Thor’s time with the GoG in shorts in a similar way to how they did Thor and Darryl, and then pick back up with the classic Guardians lineup in their own movie.

Maybe that’s a hint that Mysterio is talking out his ass?

Maybe that’s a hint that Mysterio is talking out his ass?

I’d say that’s a bit too specific. As long as you capture the struggle of balancing really life responsibilities with superhero antics and the compassion he has for his family and loved ones, I think you’re doing okay.

I thought he said trans men, and I was impressed by that, but I may have misheard.