Yeah Swery comes off as very sincere and when he does have missteps (like the Thomas stuff in DP is handled... awkwardly) it seems more borne out of ignorance than actual malice
plus Swery doesn't come off as an arrogant blowheard whereas David Cage really wants you to know that his game has an Important Message and that Message is that Racism Is Bad, Actually
Somehow, the video game that explicitly used robot as an allegory for racism also included the classic Big Scary Black Man as its primary character of color.
Somehow, the video game that explicitly used robot as an allegory for racism also included the classic Big Scary Black Man as its primary character of color.
Everyone should shut up and go play the Missing, and think about how much of a terrible hack idiot David Cage is
The Missing is shockingly good and is material evidence that Swery can learn from his fuckups and actually improve
The text at the start of the game alone is a million times more powerful and sincere than any of the side-mouth bullshit David Cage has spouted about being progressive.
Also didn't Cage literally defend himself with the evergreen line of "I'm not racist, there is a black person in my game!"
Yes, also used Elen Page being gay in the same way. Note that Elen Page had not come out at the time of the game, and also she came close to legal action against Cage for them creating a nude model of her in the game assets without her consent
Yeah Swery comes off as very sincere and when he does have missteps (like the Thomas stuff in DP is handled... awkwardly) it seems more borne out of ignorance than actual malice
plus Swery doesn't come off as an arrogant blowheard whereas David Cage really wants you to know that his game has an Important Message and that Message is that Racism Is Bad, Actually
except when he got criticized for how ham-handed his game's politics were, then it was suddenly just a game about robots, because ol' dave magically created schrodinger's allegory somehow
You folks say you like janky garbage games that are also awesome but then you all hate David Cage
oh my deep, deep hatred of human-like sci-fi robots as allegories for civil rights movements
it is the most tiresome of tropes
I mean, that's literally where the word comes from (Okay, technically Soviet era stuff, but it was a workers rights story from that perspective)
That's kind of the thing, the concept has already been done so many times and in so many different, better ways that if you choose to do it today, you'd damn well better have a more interesting or nuanced take than just "robots are like how slaves used to be and that's bad".
You folks say you like janky garbage games that are also awesome but then you all hate David Cage
oh my deep, deep hatred of human-like sci-fi robots as allegories for civil rights movements
it is the most tiresome of tropes
I mean, that's literally where the word comes from (Okay, technically Soviet era stuff, but it was a workers rights story from that perspective)
That's kind of the thing, the concept has already been done so many times and in so many different, better ways that if you choose to do it today, you'd damn well better have a more interesting or nuanced take than just "robots are like how slaves used to be and that's bad".
or, hell, you can just do that even, but don't act like you're a fucking genius who just came up with the idea for the first time and why isn't everyone sucking your dick about it
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Well there's your problem
david cage games generally involve some deeply upsetting shit
swery makes very bad but charming games
cage's games tend to be mechanically sound but HOO BUDDY
oh my deep, deep hatred of human-like sci-fi robots as allegories for civil rights movements
it is the most tiresome of tropes
plus Swery doesn't come off as an arrogant blowheard whereas David Cage really wants you to know that his game has an Important Message and that Message is that Racism Is Bad, Actually
Because David fucking Cage.
what's a david cage
is that a cage for..... davids?
The Missing is shockingly good and is material evidence that Swery can learn from his fuckups and actually improve
can't i do that without plaing the game?
i'm american, i can easily think the worst of someone with no actual proof
also he was a magical negro
it was very bad
"I know plenty of black people"
"This is a story about regeneration" might be the best video game line ever?
http://www.audioentropy.com/
The text at the start of the game alone is a million times more powerful and sincere than any of the side-mouth bullshit David Cage has spouted about being progressive.
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Yes, also used Elen Page being gay in the same way. Note that Elen Page had not come out at the time of the game, and also she came close to legal action against Cage for them creating a nude model of her in the game assets without her consent
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
Also it made me cry a little. It's a great game.
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except when he got criticized for how ham-handed his game's politics were, then it was suddenly just a game about robots, because ol' dave magically created schrodinger's allegory somehow
PSN: Robo_Wizard1
I mean, that's literally where the word comes from (Okay, technically Soviet era stuff, but it was a workers rights story from that perspective)
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PSN: AbEntropy
That's kind of the thing, the concept has already been done so many times and in so many different, better ways that if you choose to do it today, you'd damn well better have a more interesting or nuanced take than just "robots are like how slaves used to be and that's bad".
or, hell, you can just do that even, but don't act like you're a fucking genius who just came up with the idea for the first time and why isn't everyone sucking your dick about it
That's all it's about
now we're getting somewhere!
The preferred term is groinular attachment.
I mean, you'd think so. But Ian McEwan tried that in Machines Like Me, and that book fucking sucked.
Now when you say a swinging dick, is that like, a double action hinge affair? Or are we talking a well lubricated ball-and-socket structure?
Look, it's a groinular attachment.
It swings both ways.