I got nothing for this one except loud internal screaming. 
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You know, I was listening to a recent episode of TMK and they had a guest on who was talking about how the games industry is a multi-billion money making machine with a huge impact on popular culture, and yet is a space where the left hasn't made much headway into, even though there's a lot of potential there.
I mean, Disco Elysium, a game that does not hide its left wing sensibilities at all, is currently the best-reviewed game of all time on Metacritic. How can this not mean that there is an ideological void waiting to be filled? If the games industry were not dominated by a handful of multi-billion dollar companies, I'm sure that gaming could have incredible potential as a medium for leftist thought to flourish. Maybe I'm just being too optimistic here.
I thought that episode of TMK was a very interesting and thought-provoking discussion. The guest's name is Marijam Did, and here's a link to it. I'm about to start reading the book that she wrote on this subject.
one of my childhood friends who is super reactionary didn't pick up on the leftist themes at all, and was absolutely shocked when I explained it to him over a beer
idk, I would not be surprised if he had played the fascist route and nothing else in the game