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submitted 5 months ago by Frank@hexbear.net to c/games@hexbear.net

Gamer's traditionally have less political sophistication than a dead dog. Recent highly visible gamer moves have included review bombing Helldivers, screaming about not being able to see both labia t the same time in Stellar Blade, and whatever that Sweet Baby/DEI thing I haven't bothered to look at is. Idk what the scale of this roblox bs is, but i am interested in the phenomena of game rage campaigns where they get extremely self righteously mad over strange, often trivial shit and make it their entire life for a few days. Wtf is happening? Is this echoes of gamegate a decade later?

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[-] Awoo@hexbear.net 22 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

The Roblox one reads like a psyop. Smells the same as the Animal Crossing "protests" that were performed to attack China over Hong Kong.

I can specifically imagine people in a meeting room discussing around a table where they can find kids early on in order to target them with anti-communism before the communists get to them. Inoculation is a major aspect of western anti-communist strategy, they aim to make people close their minds to it before they encounter it, same shit with the "tankie" campaign.

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