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Post by Giga on Mar 30, 2016 2:22:39 GMT
So lately I've been on the hunt for anarchist and revolutionary socialist themed video games. By that I mean games with either philosophical themes within the story relating to anarchism and socialism or games where the gameplay objective is revolution. Any suggestions?
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Post by Scandinavianpartisan on Mar 30, 2016 16:51:04 GMT
Assassins creed syndicate from what I've heard has syndicalist and Marxist influence
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Post by anarchomedia on Apr 2, 2016 3:05:15 GMT
Games like Far Cry 4, Just Cause 3 and the upcoming Home front: The Revolution main story goal revolve around revolution and guerrilla warfare, However there political concepts in these games don't involve Socialism or Anarchism.
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Post by Giga on Apr 2, 2016 6:43:53 GMT
Games like Far Cry 4, Just Cause 3 and the upcoming Home front: The Revolution main story goal revolve around revolution and guerrilla warfare, However there political concepts in these games don't involve Socialism or Anarchism. I actually played Far Cry 4 and I thought that it could have a slight anarchistic undertone. Mainly after you beat it and you've killed both Amita and Sabal, it's implied that Kyrat has no true leader and would therefore become an anarchy. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 4, 2016 19:04:58 GMT
I think the Red Faction series is supposed to be about some kind of socialist revolution on Mars, although from what I've played of Red Faction: Guerrilla, it doesn't really get very philosophical.
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Post by Giga on Apr 5, 2016 15:12:59 GMT
I think the Red Faction series is supposed to be about some kind of socialist revolution on Mars, although from what I've played of Red Faction: Guerrilla, it doesn't really get very philosophical. I'm actually a huge fan of the Fed Faction games. And I actually have picked up a lot of philosophical themes in Guerrilla. Mainly with the support of labor protests and the overt capitalist nature of the EDF. |
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Post by anpacklaus on Apr 5, 2016 15:15:20 GMT
Won't exist. The gaming industry is already male-dominated. So, I guess it might as well be dominated by bias toward privilege and hierarchy, anyways.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 5, 2016 15:40:51 GMT
I think the Red Faction series is supposed to be about some kind of socialist revolution on Mars, although from what I've played of Red Faction: Guerrilla, it doesn't really get very philosophical. I'm actually a huge fan of the Fed Faction games. And I actually have picked up a lot of philosophical themes in Guerrilla. Mainly with the support of labor protests and the overt capitalist nature of the EDF. I'd probably have known about that if I didn't skip all the cutscenes or generally paid any attention to the story of video games. |
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Post by Giga on Apr 7, 2016 4:51:00 GMT
I'm actually a huge fan of the Fed Faction games. And I actually have picked up a lot of philosophical themes in Guerrilla. Mainly with the support of labor protests and the overt capitalist nature of the EDF. I'd probably have known about that if I didn't skip all the cutscenes or generally paid any attention to the story of video games. Well it's mentioned several times that the EDF is basically in bed with several large megacorporations and operate internally on a corporatist level. This is also evidenced by the fact that the EDF, despite apparently being a public organization, seems to trade stock. |
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Post by Deleted on Apr 7, 2016 10:55:05 GMT
I'd probably have known about that if I didn't skip all the cutscenes or generally paid any attention to the story of video games. Well it's mentioned several times that the EDF is basically in bed with several large megacorporations and operate internally on a corporatist level. This is also evidenced by the fact that the EDF, despite apparently being a public organization, seems to trade stock. Well, okay, yeah, I picked up on the general themes. What I meant was that it doesn't get into much specifics about ideology and such. Although, I suppose that's to be expected of a mainstream AAA game.  |
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Post by Giga on Apr 7, 2016 18:21:02 GMT
Won't exist. The gaming industry is already male-dominated. So, I guess it might as well be dominated by bias toward privilege and hierarchy, anyways. I don't think that's necessarily always the case, even with the AAA industry. It's definitely not the case with the indie scene. And I already know of quite a few from both. |
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Post by Giga on Apr 7, 2016 18:38:41 GMT
And I can't believe I forgot to mention the recent Shadowrun games, particularly the second one, Dragonfall. Takes place in an anarchist society established in future Berlin called the Flux-State which consists of a collection of independent communes, one of which you become a member of thoughout the main story.
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