As far as he’s fallen these days, MovieBob once pointing out in a very old video, from when he still worked for the Escapist, that white male nerds are getting angry that they aren’t the only target audience for nerd media anymore was a formative moment for me. Probably helped stop me from going down the wrong path.
Like thats what a LOT of this rage is about. White male nerds are no longer the most special wonderful target audience and are no longer being exclusively catered too and that makes them fucking FURIOUS. And they are reacting like the spoiled brats they are.
My Brother in Christ if you feel seen by scenes like that that is 100% on you.
Remember when MAGA chuds told on themselves by seeing the Galactic Empire being negatively portrayed in Rogue One and calling it anti-Trump propaganda?
I missed that one but thats hilarious. I do remember that reaction to other things though like Wolfeinstein and Farcry uh… 6? The one with the southern cult leader.
Far Cry 5 is like the most cowardly game ever made. Ubisoft could have easily made the cult into overt white supremacists, which is how they’re coded, and yet they aren’t. They even don’t identify as Christians. (There’s a scene where a cultist slaps a Bible out of a preacher’s hands and replaces it with their cult book)
And the good guys are all cops, small business owners, and little militia groups in the mountains that also wave American flags. Game is pretty fun though and has some cool moments.
Yeah I actually do like the game, but also I’ll never forgive it for failing to have a concrete political message. It vaguely gestures towards the idea that you’re fighting American fascists. Like a white supremacist militia, except it goes out of its way to say you’re not. They’re more like a Japanese doomsday cult than an American one. The enemies have much more in common with Aum Shinrikyo or the Falun Gong than any American Christian cults.
Other than how the leader will say Bible verses and they have a kind of rural American aesthetic to them. They’re also kinda similar to utopian hippies
And yeah the sequel has the cult leader basically repent himself, admit he was wrong to exploit people, and it’s actually a pretty neat story arc all things considered. The cult turns into woodland primitivists in a mad max world. I dug it. Pretty ok little experience.
Nah you thinking of far cry 5. 6 is where you’re a guerrilla revolutionary working with farmers, workers, anarchists and old communists to overthrow a Dictator who overthrew a communist government (a shit one since the libs can’t make a good game)
I love when CHUDs see shit like the She-Hulk scene mocking sexist fans and go “waaaaaah they hate their audience”
My Brother in Christ if you feel seen by scenes like that that is 100% on you. The rest of us do not feel alienated by TV shows calling out sexists.
The entitled manchildren are here to explain why not pandering to a hateful minority is alienating their audience
As far as he’s fallen these days, MovieBob once pointing out in a very old video, from when he still worked for the Escapist, that white male nerds are getting angry that they aren’t the only target audience for nerd media anymore was a formative moment for me. Probably helped stop me from going down the wrong path.
Like thats what a LOT of this rage is about. White male nerds are no longer the most special wonderful target audience and are no longer being exclusively catered too and that makes them fucking FURIOUS. And they are reacting like the spoiled brats they are.
Remember when MAGA chuds told on themselves by seeing the Galactic Empire being negatively portrayed in Rogue One and calling it anti-Trump propaganda?
I missed that one but thats hilarious. I do remember that reaction to other things though like Wolfeinstein and Farcry uh… 6? The one with the southern cult leader.
Far Cry 5 is like the most cowardly game ever made. Ubisoft could have easily made the cult into overt white supremacists, which is how they’re coded, and yet they aren’t. They even don’t identify as Christians. (There’s a scene where a cultist slaps a Bible out of a preacher’s hands and replaces it with their cult book)
And the good guys are all cops, small business owners, and little militia groups in the mountains that also wave American flags. Game is pretty fun though and has some cool moments.
One of my irl friends played and loved it and felt it qave cathartic for her religious trauma. Also considers “keep your rifle h by your side” a jam.
Isnt there a dlc or midquel or something that makes the cult leader the good guy tho lol?
Yeah I actually do like the game, but also I’ll never forgive it for failing to have a concrete political message. It vaguely gestures towards the idea that you’re fighting American fascists. Like a white supremacist militia, except it goes out of its way to say you’re not. They’re more like a Japanese doomsday cult than an American one. The enemies have much more in common with Aum Shinrikyo or the Falun Gong than any American Christian cults.
Other than how the leader will say Bible verses and they have a kind of rural American aesthetic to them. They’re also kinda similar to utopian hippies
And yeah the sequel has the cult leader basically repent himself, admit he was wrong to exploit people, and it’s actually a pretty neat story arc all things considered. The cult turns into woodland primitivists in a mad max world. I dug it. Pretty ok little experience.
Nah you thinking of far cry 5. 6 is where you’re a guerrilla revolutionary working with farmers, workers, anarchists and old communists to overthrow a Dictator who overthrew a communist government (a shit one since the libs can’t make a good game)
That sounds so cool on paper rho
It was fun to play with my critical thinking turned off