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Do you similarly feel creeped-the-fuck-out when hearing the Muslim call to prayer from a mosque, just because the first line "Allahu akbar" has a relation to th
by DanAndersen 9y ago
Do you similarly feel creeped-the-fuck-out when hearing the Muslim call to prayer from a mosque, just because the first line "Allahu akbar" has a relation to the catchphrase uttered by radical Islamists? Gut reactions are completely normal but they should be the beginning of understanding and conversation rather than being a rhetorical stop sign.
Strategy games always have a bit of player indulgence in role-playing. Part of the fun is putting yourself into the role and play-acting -- and having some ironic amusement at how out-of-place it sounds. There's even an entire subreddit about the crazy things people say when playing CK2 ( https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitCrusaderKingsSay/ https://www.reddit.com/r/ShitCrusaderKingsSay/ ). Example: https://i.imgur.com/qI4s0hJ.jpg https://i.imgur.com/qI4s0hJ.jpg
It's a shame that modern commentary on video games tends to point out a link between something in a game and something unsavory or "problematic" and think that's the end of the discussion. I thought we had left behind that sort of thing with Jack Thompson.