A new game was released yesterday on Steam depicting Russia's invasion of Ukraine, claiming to be "officially recommended by the Russian Military".

Libs are angry maddened about it, as expected.

When you point out that this is no different from all those US military propaganda games, they are quick to bring up that this is uniquely evil because it covers a currently active war. As if there weren’t a bajillion military games set in the Middle East during the “War on Terror”. picard

They truly have a selective memory.

    • tocopherol [any]@hexbear.netEnglish
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      6 days ago

      In the America’s Army FPS game allies always looked like the US also, the enemies always vaguely less white with AKs, the teams were ‘offense’ and ‘defense’ but you were US no matter what, against the ‘others’.

    • Sinisterium [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      6 days ago

      Because they can indulge in all the orientalist tropes in peace. They also need to do less research in actually portraying the country they are bombing (for fun).

    • doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
      14·
      6 days ago

      A free-to-play game set in an active conflict that’s being promoted by an organisation that tries to get young people to enlist in the armed forces to fight in said conflict is a new level of ghoulish imo

        • doublepepperoni [none/use name]@hexbear.netEnglish
          17·
          6 days ago

          Set in the fictional Republic of the Ostregals

          The comics tell the story of U.S. Soldiers deployed to a tiny foreign nation in the middle of a chaotic conflict. The description for the series reads: “From the seemingly insignificant country of Czervenia, President-General Adzic and his army set upon a campaign of annihilation against the neighboring Republic of the Ostregals, setting in motion a mysterious plan that could change the course of world power forever. America’s Army must create new experimental combat teams, forged together in secret Proving Grounds, and uncover the General’s insidious plot before time runs out.”

          Like I said, it’s all mostly been silly GI Joe nonsense instead of actual conflicts the US is involved in, even in this Army recruitment tool. I think the 2012 Medal of Honor game that glorified bearded operator thugs was set in Afghanistan during the War on Terror, but I obviously never played that. There was also the cancelled game, Six Days of Fallujah that was talked about a lot specifically because it was set during an actual battle

      • Blakey [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
        11·
        6 days ago

        Yeah, I joke about how mainstream American military good slop is, and that’s its own thing, but while this may not be a BIG step up, it still is one in that it’s just a straight up depiction of the current conflict and I think that’s new.