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Even as a teenager the anti-Sandinista politics of this game were clear: https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/the-forgotten-politics-behind-contras-name/
by ipcress_file 3y ago
Even as a teenager the anti-Sandinista politics of this game were clear: https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/the-forgotten-politics-behind-contras-name/ https://killscreen.com/previously/articles/the-forgotten-pol...
Contra was an early experience that made the propaganda of everyday life visible to me.
- mananaysiempre 3y agoThe (very interesting) article you linked says it’s more of a mockery of anti-Sandinista politics though? (A bit peculiar that it speculates a lot about the original Japanese versions of things but doesn’t actually refer to them.)
- dundarious 3y agoI have to agree, it's a confused article, but has some interesting info.
- ipcress_file 3y agoFair, though the author of the article seems to hedge in both directions: "Or it could have been the product of the opposite: absolutely no self-awareness about how current events can be sneakily channeled or commented on through seemingly brainless media."