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The author addresses that.

• tshaddox 2mo ago
  Not really. The author mentions "the game is to be understood as an abstraction" as a potential caveat, and then immediately dismisses it with "but I don’t think it goes for Age of Empires."
  • cedilla 2mo ago
    I don't really get this. It's not like what the author has to say is contingent on displaying it as a failure of Age of Empires. And it really is just over-interpreting the game. No, converting a unit with a priest is not some sort of cultural genocide, this is a game simplified enough so that it can run on a Pentium. How can there be cultural genocide when the simulation is too crude to even include any hint of culture?
    • tshaddox 2mo ago
      Yeah, the article is mostly legitimately interesting facts about historical empires. Framing it around alleged shortcomings of the Age of Empires video games is unnecessary and obtuse.
      • jerbearito 2mo ago
        Odd take and deeply dismissive. The author addresses your point already.
        • tshaddox 2mo ago
          The author addressed it and dismissed it. I think their dismissal is mistaken, so there’s no bonus points for addressing it.
          • jerbearito 2mo ago
            I disagree, and also I'm not here to award points for anything.