I actually meant the first HL. The 2 was a mistype. :(
--- On Wed, 11/19/08, dredmond at efn.org <dredmond at efn.org> wrote:
>
> True, and that's one of the reasons Half Life 2 is a
> lesser achievement
> than the first game. I think the writers were trying to
> make a point about
> interstellar neocolonialism, but didn't tap into the
> actual social
> movements against neoliberalism. The result is political
> neutralization --
> the soldiers in game 1 are now zombified humans in game 2,
> the national
> security state of game 1 is now the faceless Combine in
> game 2, Black Mesa
> Labs is replaced by generic neo-Expressionist alien bases,
> etc.
>
> I don't mean to argue that all games are automatically
> progressive - some
> are and some aren't. It's just that Left narratives
> have enormous traction
> within gaming culture, far more relative to their field
> than progressive
> directors or independent studios vis-a-vis Hollywood or
> national TV.
>
> -- DRR
>
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