(POSSIBLE SPOILERS INSIDE) The agenda and political discussion of Naughty Dog

[Zoombael]

John2290 said:

Zoombael said:

Although folk that defends deceptive advertisment (amongst other tactics of manipulation), influencing and censoring reviews, the hypocrisy of the ones responsible and condoning gagging voices critical of such practices and the game come off as a little... fascist.

Joke?

Complete sentences?

When i write "a little fascist" i mean "a little fascist", not real fascism and national socialism, no fascist governmental apperatus. What i was actually refering to you ask...

When the NSDAP came to power they started Nazification, or the historically descriptive term, "Gleichschaltung". Translations i found include "enforced (political) conformity". Close enough.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gleichschaltung

Naturally, that included the arts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Art_in_Nazi_Germany

The problem isn't when the individual artist chooses to cover socialpolitical 'n stuff. The moment when guidelines and standards are enacted by companies and institutions interfering with the mechanisms of an industry, when an entire art form and the creative process is crippled to meet ideological ideals and anyone and anything to step out of line is being chastised and demonized, that's the point where it gets "a little fascist".

https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2018-02-20-kingdom-come-deliverance-review

The Last Of US pt. II Good game.

The Last Of Us Bad game.

https://www.nytimes.com/2013/06/14/arts/video-games/in-the-video-game-the-last-of-us-survival-favors-the-man.html?_r=0%7C

https://www.sciencespo.fr/en/news/news/%E2%80%9Cpropaganda-is-the-foundation-of-liberal-democracy%E2%80%9D/3992?fbclid=IwAR1qvzO55vyKB41IKa_DPWyVFW1y_XarwfcabJqCbPi7ELJjtvcraxD2gxY