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Can stories be apolitical? We asked some video game writers and narrative designers

Not every story needs to have a message, but there’s a growing trend of game creators making it very clear that their games have nothing to say about the subject matters they’re visibly encroaching on. But in avoiding the themes they’re dealing with, are these creators stunting their own medium?

ZombieGamerMan1783d ago

Keep politics out of games, we don't need games start preaching to their player base and alienating fans. You can be both apolitical and still make a point, and I would say this even if the politics of the games were in my favor I still don't want it and people who actually play games, you know gamers don't want this bullshit in their games. So keep your orange man bad, your asking for pronouns, and your "diversity" out of my video games cause I just want to shoot demons in the face and drive a burning semi in a crowd of Los Santos pedestrians

Hungryalpaca1783d ago

Yes. You can have political themes without preaching. You can have politics in a game and have a commentary without taking a stance.

Developers seem to be ignoring that.

DillyDilly1783d ago

Probably the one thing the Star Wars prequels got right

NecrumOddBoy1783d ago (Edited 1783d ago )

Bioshock was extremely political without venturing into the "woke social justice" nonsense that is infecting today's society. Just make it count for the story you want to tell.

DillyDilly1783d ago

In world fake political (Star Wars Style) yes real world political in games NO

BanginTunes7771783d ago

Whatever the developer's intentions are really. Not every game should be for everyone and cater to as broad an audience as possible, I'd rather games be more decisive and interesting than just being safe and comfortable like a lot of modern games are. I don't think something like Mario or an arcadey game should get political, but something narrative based like an RPG or even a military shooter - go for it. Lead to a discussion

AK911783d ago

As long as its historical politics yes but identity politics along with other silly SJW nonsense just leads to product that no one wants to buy.

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Delta, a new all-in-one Nintendo emulator launches for iOS

The new Nintendo-focused emulator for the iPhone is now available with support for several classic systems.

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jznrpg5h ago

How long until they get sued and it gets taken down? I say a month or 2

PRIMORDUS5h ago

Sued for what? It's just an emulator no ROMs are with it. ROMs are easy to get anyway, but with iPhone you can't just copy and paste like Android unless it's jail broken I think. Anyway Nintendo should be more concerned with their ROMs up to torrent for years for all of their concoles, but then again they can't do nothing about it, they never will and I love it. 🤣

NotoriousWhiz2h ago

As long as it isn't emulating the Switch, it'll be fine.

RonnySins3h ago

Naaah! Don't want to waste time emulating on iPhone.

Knightofelemia1h ago

Won't belong before Nintendo bangs on Apple's door to have the emu removed. Like I say you take down one six more take it's place. Problem is people are putting emu's on such stupid platforms. The good emus are the ones not on stupid platforms like a red target. The good emu's are word of mouth and keep a low profile.

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Cord Smith on the dreamy world of indie game Always In Mind

Cord Smith, the former director of marketing for Compulsion Games' well-known title We Happy Few, has gone through quite a change since leaving the studio. This is represented by his new indie platformer Always In Mind, which takes players into a bizarre dream world full of fantasies inside the head of a little boy named Teddy. Sector got the chance to ask the industry veteran a few questions about his inspirations for the game.

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The War Within Q&A - WoW Devs Dive Deep Into Every Aspect of the Expansion

Wccftech joined a press roundtable Q&A with Blizzard to learn more about The War Within, World of Warcraft's tenth expansion that is now in Alpha.

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