it’s contrarianism for the sake of contrarianism.  

The cyncial take is most likely the correct take.  That this idiot knows the shit he’s saying is wrong, but the infamy gets him more money and more views. 

Yup. Trump does this all of the time and gets credit for “thinking outside the box.” Pewdiepie did this shit a lot too. No one wants to take accountability for the shit they say, but they’re arrogant enough to believe that freedom of speech means to say whatever toxic bullshit crosses their mind without any…

Haha, we’re all going to die, aren’t we? 

yeah, but why would they if people will continue to buy these things? You can’t just keep buying new Fallouts or Elder Scrolls in the hopes that “this will be the good one.”

They still get your money no matter how much you bitch.

Elon Musk really is Trump for nerds.

Yuuup....  But the “I came from nothing but now I’m someone” is the closest people have to a real-life Superhero origin story.  It’s a lucrative narrative, but it’s just as phony as any product.  

So Tony Stark would absolutely be a villain in real life. Like, you know, he’d probably just stay being a weapons manufacturer than be a (shitty) superhero.

So yeah, Musk is a villian.  Any person who hoards that much money and has the gall to tell people to GET BACK TO WORK can go get fucked.

And there it is.  Hold up.  You mean I should just use my immune system to stop the virus.  AH DANG, YO!!! THIS IS A GAME CHANGER.

Holy shit, I really hope this post is meant to be bad satire. The cartoon villany is on point though.

But none of what you’re saying are examples of subversions. What you’re talking about are plot twists: “I was expecting this to happen, but then something else happened.” That’s not subversion.

The definition of subversion is that you’re targeting the status quo. In the context of media ,subversive films radically…

These are. the people who would die horribly in an actual apocalyptic setting.

Or just blow their brains out.   

Your Knives Out example doesn’t really work because that’s not subversion. What subversive narratives do is actively challenge your notions about a specific trope or genre. Chinatown is subversive because it takes crime noir into the sunlight of LA (bad shit happens when it’s not supposed to), and features a detective…

Right.  And that to me is a more legitimate argument about this game than, whatever the fuck incels are talking about.  

Unfortunately it’s what we’re taught:  Rich people are the way they are because they’re “smart, creative, independent, clever,” Might is right, and the fact that they made money validates everything they say and do.  

“Martin Luther King didn’t get killed because he had a dream; he had something else he was gonna talk about: black empowerment, economic empowerment

Sure. and it wouldn’t surprise me that’s ultimately the reason why they held this one back for a bit--The pandemic just hit for a lot of people and game that’s essentially “oh actually things get worse and will likely never get better” probably isn’t a good sell.

Because it was only hurting blacks, browns, and immigrants. If there’s any possibility of the Dems taking 2020, it’ll be because Trumps stupidity has finally started costing middle-class white people both their finances and their lives.

It’s the alt-right method of walking back any stupid/racist shit they say.

If you get caught saying something fucking dumb, it’s:
Satire. and you’re just a dum-dum who didn’t get it
I didn’t mean it like that. and you’re just a dum-dum who didn’t get it.
I did mean it like that, but other people have said worse.

I guess it all depends on whether or not you think all media has to be “entertaining.” There are plenty of films that I watch that absolutely are not meant to be “enjoyed” in the traditional sense. And that’s fine.

If we really do believe that video games can be a valid expression of art and storytelling, then I think…

How do we know it’s “badly done?”