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Deus Ex devs say they weren't trying to make a statement when they made one of the most political games of all time (www.pcgamer.com)

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You kids don't remember, but back then there was no politics in vidja gams.

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[-] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 21 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

either the writer was sneaking in some high grade sci fi discourse while the director and designer were focused on systems interaction, emergent gameplay and such

or the team as a whole were just tapping into the american zeitgeist without realizing they were creating the blueprint for alex jones' career

[-] sp3ctr4l@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 5 months ago

Kind of both, imo.

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