Deus Ex devs say they weren't trying to make a statement when they made one of the most political games of all time: 'What I think is the right future for humanity is irrelevant. It's all about what each player thinks'
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A cabal of billionaires unleashing an artificial plague to further immiserate and exploit the underclass, but not in a political way.

You kids don’t remember, but back then there was no politics in vidja gams.

  • CarmineCatboy2 [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
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    26 days ago

    either the writer was sneaking in some high grade sci fi discourse while the director and designer were focused on systems interaction, emergent gameplay and such

    or the team as a whole were just tapping into the american zeitgeist without realizing they were creating the blueprint for alex jones’ career