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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 05:44 PM
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Poll question: video games are for the most part:
I think I'd have to say leftist.
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bedtimeforbonzo Donating Member (344 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 06:01 PM
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1. neither
imho
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eablair3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 08:08 PM
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2. right wing
I'd disagree with you, but it depends on the game. Many are violent and propagandistic.

One's that come to mind that are very much right-wing to me is the Tom Clancy series of:

1. Ghost Recon -- where you play as a special forces soldier going into and invading the former Soviet Republics of Georgia, Lithuania, Lativa etc to kill and assassinate people there and make sure the "right" guy gets in power. OF course, you are part of bringing "democracy" to these poor souls.

2. Ghost Recon Island Thunder -- where you play as a special forces soldier a few years in the future when Castro is supposedly dead and you go into the jungles of Cuba to kill Cubans and make sure the "right" Cubans get power and form "a democracy."

3. Rainbow Six 3 -- where you lead U.S. commandos in helping the "right" Venezuelans to be in power in Venezuela and to kill the "terrorists" so as to get contorl over and influence over OPEC oil prices.

4. Splinter Cell -- where you go into the Republic of Georgia and the captial of Tblisi as an special stealth agent to spy and kill people to again make sure the "right" leader is in power there.

5. Splinter Cell Pandora Tomorrow - it starts out in East Timoor and Indonesia where you go in as a special stealth agent to gain information from "terrorists" who have taken over the U.S. Embassy and are a threat to use biological weapons.
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kitkatrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 08:15 PM
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3. Didn't Tom Clancy have a hand in all of those? n/t
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eablair3 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 08:21 PM
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4. yes, that's why I listed them as the "Tom Clancy series" in my post (nt)
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kitkatrose Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 08:33 PM
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7. Oops. That's what I get for skimming.
:dunce::dunce::dunce:
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ButterflyBlood Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 08:23 PM
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5. but what about most Rockstar games?
GTA games take stabs at Republicans and conservatives all the time, and then there are RPGs with all sorts of leftist messages, and Deus Ex, to name a few.
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Deja Q Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Apr-05-04 08:29 PM
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6. I'd say they're right wing...
They poke fun at themselves while releasing pure vile filth. What better way to blame indecency on 'the enemy'?
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