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[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I can get behind the whole: “i’m playing games to escape from the world, stop dragging the real world politics into games” sentiment, but!

If you're playing games for escapism, play a simple puzzle game, or a racing game, or maybe Minecraft. Flight Simulator. Tetris. Rocket League.

Any game that attempts to build a believable world is going to get political occasionally, because a believable world has class politics, war, struggles between technology and the natural world, etc. etc. etc. Even a game like Ratchet & Clank doesn't shy away from the politics inherent in its world-building. Truly incredible how "Gamers" have gone from an edgy subculture that reveled in right-wing panic to a seething mass of bloated man-babies who can't even handle being confronted with ideas.

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

These people would prefer if you use random made up politics in line with the world it is set in.

Instead of real world politics dragged into a fantasy setting. That's why i can understand their point just because i understand where they come from doesn't mean i agree with it or support them.

Heck i made a transgender in cyberpunk because i can, a lot can be said about that too. I don't give a damn about what people want, just do it but accept that not everyone is going to like it nor agree with it and if you can't deal with that then do not do it...you are not strong enough to cope with the downsides.