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Slavery: The Game
Professor Snugglesworth
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So....this is actually a thing.....apparently.
Either it's a hilarious troll, or a very misguided attempt at teaching history.
Either way, if this is a real game, then it's going to be Fox News' best friend.
Also, videogames as art, no subject too taboo, yadda yadda.
Me? I'm too busy thinking up what kind of Achievements this is going to have.
"Convinced a black man to accept his new slave name."
So....this is actually a thing.....apparently.
Either it's a hilarious troll, or a very misguided attempt at teaching history.
Either way, if this is a real game, then it's going to be Fox News' best friend.
Also, videogames as art, no subject too taboo, yadda yadda.
Me? I'm too busy thinking up what kind of Achievements this is going to have.
"Convinced a black man to accept his new slave name."
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edit: Has the subject of slavery ever really been brought up in videogaming?
Enslaved: Odyssey To The West?
I mean, it's stated in no uncertain terms to be anything but an atrocity, but it might be considered a form of slavery.
Basically I see it as Metal Gear Solid 3, only with considerably fewer guns.
I'd play it.
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Mass Effect?
Admittedly, the relationship with slavers is "You can shoot them a lot. Right in their dirty four eyed faces."
Why I fear the ocean.
Dungeon Keeper
This could be a trailer for Dungeon Keeper III
Fallout, especially 3, where you can enslave people for fun and profit
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but that's assuming this thing is widespread enough for them to care
it's not like it's on tv, or is even very much of a meme
This is the kind of thing that has news anchorsfoaming in the mouth.
"Videogames embrace Slavery". There's the headline right there.
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Bioshock. Sort of.
I don't know if Pokemon is the best example, all things considered.
I'd prefer if it was a slave trading game from the Roman era, now THAT would be interesting. Anyone seen Rome (HBO tv series)? The slave trading in that was really interesting.
I hope it's a joke that they know is a joke.
What, like a stealth game in the vein of Thief or the BG&E sneaking sections except with the Underground Railroad?
Yeah. I mean the narrative alone would have been amazing and the setting, if treated with respect would be one of the most memorable.
But the "if treated with respect" bit is where it'd probably fall short.
Mystery And Controversy Surround Slavery The Game
Slavery The Game may not actually be a game, but it's guaranteed to stir up a firestorm of controversy.
Alright, here's what we know so far: Very recently a website appeared purportedly advertising something called Slavery The Game. As its title and the embedded YouTube video -- the only piece of media the thing has generated so far -- plainly suggests, it's a game focusing on Colonial-era slavery.
Even centuries removed from that time period, that's still an incredibly controversial topic, particularly for a videogame. Of course, our collective hobby is no stranger to courting controversy, as the makers of Grand Theft Auto can attest.
The weird bit about this whole thing however, is that neither this game, nor the people making it seem to exist anywhere outside of that single web page.
The description on the YouTube clip up there claims the game is the work of UK-based Total War creators The Creative Assembly, but the game appears nowhere on that firm's site.
Javelin Reds Gaming, the title's supposed creator, doesn't exist as far as we can tell. The phone number listed on the site leads to a Google Voice inbox (with a Kentucky area code) and "info@javelinreds.com" appears to be a nonfunctional email address.
We even went so far as to plug "Javelin Reds" into an internet anagram generator, but as you can plainly see, the results offer little in the way of illumination.
"Javelin Reds Gaming" offers more vocabulary options, but unless this is a clever smokescreen for something called "Vandal Jigger Mines," we're still at a loss.
So, as we sit here scratching our heads and furrowing our brows, the best guess we can make is that Slavery The Game is some kind of alternate reality game or PR stunt. What exactly it might be advertising however, remains unknown.
Still, I have to give due propers to whoever is behind this. The theoretical subject matter alone could generate the pageviews of a thousand Gizmodo articles. It's guaranteed to anger a ton of people, but the fact that you're all reading the words I'm currently typing serves as evidence that the people responsible know exactly how to grab the minute attention spans of the 'net generation.
Yes, but there's also the "It's perfectly legal!" slavery of the Asari indentured servitude market.
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
Somebody thought Custer's Revenge 3D would be the most hilarious thing ever.
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All those games sound awesome.
but they're listening to every word I say
I suppose it's fortunate they didn't name the company "Navelin Reds Gaming".
Dis is gonna be gud.
Wait until they hit sequels, like Abortion Clinic Bomberman: The Game.
They're more likely to get in trouble with the ESRB, they're very protective of their labels.
A survival horror game from a black person's perspective in the Civil War south would be amazing. It's really almost impossible to describe how racist the South was at that point, and a 'kill em all for revenge and freedom' game I think would be amazing.
You want the Uncle Ruckus version then:
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