Reminds me of Mission of Honor (http://kotaku.com/5802563/china-has-its-own-americas-army).
Also, not trying to defend Russian censorship and propaganda, but... there aren't really that many games, that would portray the USA in a bad light and aren't banned, aren't there? Actually, i am having a hard time imagining any at this moment...
But are they going to ban Stalin vs Aliens ?
I'm having a hard time thinking of any that are banned...Hmm, ok, i'll take that back, was pretty sure there were some. In any case, you can't deny that the vast majority of video games, that involve some sort of warfare, whether historical or fictional, tend to portray US as some sort of guardian angel of all things good, which is a form of propaganda too.
Hmm, ok, i'll take that back, was pretty sure there were some. In any case, you can't deny that the vast majority of video games, that involve some sort of warfare, whether historical or fictional, tend to portray US as some sort of guardian angel of all things good, which is a form of propaganda too.AC3 didn't really portray the US realistically, but they didn't portray America in a positive light either.
I haven't exactly played a game, where i get to play as a native american during the colonisation period, in a historically accurate way.
I haven't exactly played a game, where i get to play as a native american during the colonisation period, in a historically accurate way.Or as an African during slavery. I would invest into such a game, just for the lolz. =)
http://www.vg247.com/2013/10/09/russian-government-in-talks-to-develop-patriotic-games-report/ (http://www.vg247.com/2013/10/09/russian-government-in-talks-to-develop-patriotic-games-report/)
Ridiculous.
Shit like this is why the world dislikes Russia.
It's just a videogame, entertainment. Get over it
Germany is the worst place in the West when it comes to censorship.
Still not sure what you're talking about. No other country in the West censors as much as Germany.
Germany is the worst place in the West when it comes to censorship.
Hmm, ok, i'll take that back, was pretty sure there were some. In any case, you can't deny that the vast majority of video games, that involve some sort of warfare, whether historical or fictional, tend to portray US as some sort of guardian angel of all things good, which is a form of propaganda too.
Prohibition is never a good way of settling things but so is propaganda through every means possible, including shitton of movies and games. Well, this one is not a game but I have one pretty example stuck to my mind like black tar. That "Black Hawk Down" movie. The scene where the aircraft goes down and children jump around the wreckage like imps from hell... You see the dead soldier and a photo of his family in his hand (not sure if he was holding it). And nobody even asks: "What the fuck is the USA army doing in Somali" for example.
Because the game developers make them that way. Not because they'd be censored if they weren't.
i never made such a statement, ofc the sensorship part is immoral. just made the comment to point out alot of american games have a patriotic perspective. and one can always wonder if money is being pumped into the businesses to make them that way.
Of course it is, from the people who buy them. Murica! Fuck yeah!
The difference here is that we don't need the government to tell us to be patriotic, or more to the point, to force us to be patriotic. We don't need no propaganda.
Actually, propaganda is exactly the reason why you are so patriotic. It's just not enforced.
You keep telling yourself that. Rich people don't need to be told to be happy that they are rich. Americans don't need to be told to be happy we live here. :idea:
Being happy to live somewhere does not imply patriotism. If you really think there isn't an above-average propaganda in American media compared to other developed countries, you have probably never been abroad for a longer time. It goes far, and deep. I once had an English teacher from America who, at the start of his first semester, was of the opinion American media is the most objective and neutral media in the world. At the end of the semester, he wasn't of this opinion any more. I find this very concerning, that even the supposedly educated people are not aware of this fact.