• bearboiblake [he/him]@pawb.social
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    2 months ago

    So we get a Helldivers release when the fascists are smart enough to hide their imperialist crimes behind a veneer of progressivism? I guess that makes sense with the series lore.

  • leoj@piefed.zip
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    2 months ago

    For managed democracy.

    Kind of hits different written under this image…

  • hzl@piefed.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    So Helldivers primes idiots to accept fascism and xenophobia? Maybe we should stop romanticizing authoritarianism in our entertainment.

  • Katana314@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Shitpost, but I imagine you could analyze a whole period of low inspiration on media vision and growth during periods where people were unable to visit other countries, unable to pay medical bills, and feared armed soldiers raiding their neighborhoods.

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      2 months ago

      Possibly. But this isn’t that. This is pure coincidence. Big AAA games just take time to produce that happens to roughly line up with the amount of time someone is president in the US

  • thiscat@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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    2 months ago

    So by that logic Helldivers 3 will come in 2028 when matpat becomes president a few days after the release a new video pops up in the game theory channel with matpat making a return in this video as a celebration of the elections