> Contemporary videogame culture is stupendously subversive. Leading
> franchises like Half Life, Grand Theft Auto, Max Payne, Metal Gear Solid,
> and Final Fantasy are creating tremendous works of art, which both
> entertain, critique neoliberalism, and teach about alternatives in
> profoundly progressive ways, all at the same time. Like any culture
> industry, gaming has its share of dross, but game artists are achieving
> things unimaginable in any other medium right now.
True, but on the other hand, there is Ghost Recon Advanced Warfighter. Pesky Mexican Latin American rebels are resisting the US & Canada's Joint American Security Treaty which would cede Latin/Central American foreign policy to US/Canadian control. The rebels need to be put down by the Ghost Recon soldiers who go in unofficially and fight along side Mexican "loyalists".
Also the recent Call of Duty: Modern Warfare game is very pro-Britain and pro-US.
However, the plots of both those games portrays geopolitics as far more complicated - by orders of magnitude - than as done by film or tv.
GRAW is one of the best tactical first-person shooters though I've ever played.
Matt
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