• @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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    91 year ago

    I’m not even into Halo universe, but afaik it oozes fascism so much they need irrational space religious fundamentalists (aren’t they basically proxy for islamophobia?) as opponent.

    • @Shrike502
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      101 year ago

      Aye, pretty much. Complete with totally-not-Humvees, the usual trope of “future space military is just like present day USMC”, everyone being Anglo, etc

      • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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        81 year ago

        And naming the supersoldier project “Spartan”, with obvious neonazi vibes, i half expected patches with “Molon labe” on them.

        • @Shrike502
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          101 year ago

          Well from what little I know about Halo, prior to the aliens the Earth government mostly waged war against its own people. Suppressing uprisings against shitty conditions and the oppression.

          In this context the name makes perfect sense.

          • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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            31 year ago

            Even during the war. IIRC Halo: Reach starts when player is participating in smashing of outreach uprising, and during it they find planet being attacked by Covenant (which is known enemy by then).

            • @ComradeSalad
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              1 year ago

              “Oh shit, those aren’t communist rebels we can curbstomp easily, that’s a fucking Sangheeli Field Marshal”

    • @yearningforfreedom
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      1 year ago

      What’s the connection between the Covenant and islamophobic views of Islamic states other than they’re religious?

      • @PolandIsAStateOfMind
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        1 year ago

        That’s enough, we are talking about Usians here.

        Halo 1 released on november 2001, and while 9/11 likely did not had enough time to impact on game development, “islamic terrorism” had been the premier media bad guy in the 90’s after state propaganda ordered easing up on Russia after USSR destruction and China after its opening and seeming liberalisation.

        Plenty of people did connected it back then to the spinning up “war on terror”, even if it was unintended, and obvious glorification of US Armed Forces in the game didn’t helped.