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Metaphor: ReFantazio's success is further proof that politics are good in videogames, actually—no matter what reactionaries tell you (www.pcgamer.com)

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[-] Nexy@lemmy.sdf.org 11 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Politics is not actual politics, its not normative womans, gays and trans people. Metaphor its ok because don't have any of those (I'm only 20hs in)

I can't explain why no one talks about baldur 3. I suppose its too complex for those people.

[-] Sylvartas@lemmy.world 12 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

its not normative womans, gays and trans people.

Not broad enough. When "gamers" say that something is political, what they mean is that it contains politics they disagree with. The ones you cited just happen to be the things they easily recognize because their favorite right wing grifter is raging about them 24/7.
As you also said, they usually don't have the media literacy required to recognize more subtle political messages, which can be pretty funny. I remember when Disco Elysium was first released and they were very confused because it contains some actual, pretty deep political reflections