Simple, everyday gamer Davin Andersen reportedly wishes video games would stop pushing unneeded political agendas and instead focus on just being fun. He’d also support…
There are plenty of non-political games out there; games with no story, or games that are very simple, or games that are geared toward children.
Games that don’t fall into those categories tend to get political because politics are closely linked to systematic oppression, which is often a hallmark of stories with emotional stakes in any medium. Lord of the Rings? Very political. Hunger Games? Very political. Dune? Very political. Star Wars? Very political. Star Trek? Very political.
So… if you want to avoid media telling you “fascism == bad” then maybe stick to Overcooked and Beat Saber.
Overcooked highlights the struggle of working in a restaurant, and anything that paints the working class as anything other than lazy freeloaders is political. /s
Maybe overcooked is the game the capitalists want, politically. You have employees willing to work even as the kitchen careens through the sky out of control or down a rushing waterfall with no OSHA involvement and docked pay for every failed order regardless of distraction. Employees work more for gold stars than any real salary. And they never take bathroom breaks
Doesn’t it do more than that, pretty sure there’s some kind of evil king profiting off the land and abusing the peasants of some sorts, I’ll be honest the story wasn’t my number one priority when I played it so memories are a little fuzzy…
This may be a bit of an aside.
There are plenty of non-political games out there; games with no story, or games that are very simple, or games that are geared toward children.
Games that don’t fall into those categories tend to get political because politics are closely linked to systematic oppression, which is often a hallmark of stories with emotional stakes in any medium. Lord of the Rings? Very political. Hunger Games? Very political. Dune? Very political. Star Wars? Very political. Star Trek? Very political.
So… if you want to avoid media telling you “fascism == bad” then maybe stick to Overcooked and Beat Saber.
Overcooked highlights the struggle of working in a restaurant, and anything that paints the working class as anything other than lazy freeloaders is political. /s
Maybe overcooked is the game the capitalists want, politically. You have employees willing to work even as the kitchen careens through the sky out of control or down a rushing waterfall with no OSHA involvement and docked pay for every failed order regardless of distraction. Employees work more for gold stars than any real salary. And they never take bathroom breaks
Doesn’t it do more than that, pretty sure there’s some kind of evil king profiting off the land and abusing the peasants of some sorts, I’ll be honest the story wasn’t my number one priority when I played it so memories are a little fuzzy…