• Soggy@lemmy.world
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    6 days ago

    “My position is so tenuous yet so important to my identity that I will not tolerate the slightest challenge.”

    Alternatively, “That’s why my favorite book is Moby Dick, no frou-frou symbolism. Just a good simple tale about a man who hates an animal.”

    Psychonauts is about trauma. Fallout is anti-war. FFVII is environmentalist. Samus as a woman was an intentionally subversive choice. Video games have had socual commentary for as long as it’s been able to be expressed.

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      6 days ago

      I’ve heard this before but “a man who hates an animal” makes me laugh so hard

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      Tetris is about trying to fit into a society, that wants to destroy you.

      Space invader is about uniting all of earth’s peoples against a common challenge.

      Pong is about the heated but honest exchange of ideas that makes a democracy stronger.

      (/jk I agree with you)

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        5 days ago

        if you think about it, in tetris once you fit perfectly you get destroyed. but if you don’t, you stand and eventually help each other get to the top. maybe it’s a caution against conformity.