[lbo-talk] Query on Katrina vanden Heuvel

[Wojtek S]

How is the videogame critique of the empire different from cinema critique
or literary critique of it? There is plenty of critique in the latter two
forms and this doesn't seem to have much effect on the empire, does it?

Wojtek
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On Mar 29, 2013 5:52 PM, "Dennis Redmond" <metalslorg at gmail.com> wrote:


> On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 1:35 PM, Carrol Cox <cbcox at ilstu.edu> wrote:
>
> > The potential opened by Arab Spring, Wisconsin, & OWS is still there
> >
>
> Indeed it is. Especially notable in videogames, where critiques of empire
> are beginning to turn into critiques of capital. This isn't about marginal,
> cult franchises, but industry blockbusters like Bioshock, Metal Gear,
> Uncharted, The Witcher, etc. The digital artists have shattered the chains
> of plutocracy.
>
> -- DRR
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