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These neanderthals suggest a woman as the head of the organisation could be argued as woke and the literal head of the organisation in REAL LIFE is a woman.
They're wrong about 007: First Light
The anti-woke crowd is sometimes just as bad as the wokies we protest.
I've played over 5 hours of 007: First Light, and here's my thoughts.
After being boxed around from DEI politics in the past years, we're all so damn tired of DEI initiatives in gaming. Me included.
So much so to the point where many people see race swapped characters and it's an instant cancel. I get it, though. Nobody wants Black Snape.
Was I put off at first with BlingPenny and Pakistani M?
Yup.
And then I played the game.
And being a Bond fan, this game delivers a true Bond experience.
This isn't soy boy Bond like I thought it would be. This Bond fucks and is a certified badass.
I think doing an original Bond story is wildly refreshing.
Sean Connery is the true Bond and Pierce Brosnan is the coolest Bond -- what else can you do?
What the writers did was deliver a unique story...the origin of 007.
Pressured by the shadowy DEI initiatives that plagues the gaming industry (and will sadly continue to do so), the writers haven't let that seep into the elements past the casting.
Q is a true Q. Pakistani M is kinda hot. BlingPenny isn't annoying.
You could argue that women in power in modern day media is a woke idealogy, however they made M a woman with Judi Dench. Are you not going to watch any Pierce Brosnan Bond movies now?
I disagree with cancel culture, but it works both ways.
While I firmly believe in voting with our wallets, and games like Dragon Age: Veilguard are appalling, I think we should critically analyze each game for ourselves going forward.
Seeing a black MoneyPenny isn't enough reason to boycott this game.
Some people are saying GTA 6 is gonna be woke because it features a woman.
We gotta be careful that we don't become like the radicals we are protesting.
Could I find some wild woke elements in the next 5 hours of this game?
I'll eat my words if so.
However, the feeling I'm getting from it is while they had to check the boxes and fulfill certain initiatives, for the most part they've given us James Bond.
And they let Bond be Bond.
For anyone who's interested in playing this. It quite literally has the best third person platforming in a video game ever, and the absolute worst, most dull combat.
They're literally trying to find Israel/Gaza positions from the publisher, not even the developers, to get this game.
They'll be looking for Nazi ancestry next. The unbelievable derangement about this game is fascinating.
(Struggling to) watch Ceci play this fuckass game and I just noticed the main character's headphones are one of the first results when you google "1990s wireless headphones" - which are not ACTUALLY 1990s headphones, but just styled to look like them.
Thereโs a whole lot of people out there trying to use movies to live out fantasies like this going on late night drive-thru runs with friends and ordering burgers together.
The pandemic did irreversible damage to a lot of people socially.
Thereโs a whole lot of people out there trying to use gaming to live out fantasies like this going on late night drive-thru runs with friends and ordering burgers together.
The pandemic did irreversible damage to a lot of people socially.
These Mixtape takes, man. "Walking Simulator" is literally an entire fucking steam category. These types of games have existed for DECADES. e.g Gone Home
But an adult should be able to engage with different kinds of media and art in different ways.
This may sound strange, but a 'good' video game isnโt defined exclusively by how difficult or complex its gameplay is - it depends on what the game is trying to achieve. Try it.
Mixtape is a great experience. I won't bother trying to give it a rating, but yes, it doesn't conform to the usual game mechanics. It's easy, but the focus is supposed to be its characters, story, and emotion. The dreaded phrase; it's an experience... 1/2