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The United Nations asked Arrowhead if it'd give a talk on psychological manipulation by totalitarian states (www.pcgamer.com)

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"Actually, we got a message from the UN asking if we want to talk, in some form, about psychological defense against manipulation," added Pilestedt. This might all sound like the game is getting a little too real, but he said the key was in finding the right tone and using the imagery in an almost educational way: "We do it all in fun and good spirits, and we actually try to get people to recognize the science of what is a totalitarian state. If you start wearing the same uniform as everybody else and do salutes constantly, you might be in a totalitarian regime."

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[–] spankinspinach@sh.itjust.works 5 points 5 days ago (1 children)

My favorite story is the buff tragedy of last August, where AH had made the game too hard and they basically nerfed the game. Prior to, I was reading ppls' reactions on Fbook, and faaaar too many ppl had to have it explained that HD2 isn't a meta super soldier fantasy, it's a satire on fascist propaganda. They'd reference the back of the case, saying you "are an elite squad using overpowered weapons"...

I guess AH is too effective of a propaganda machine 😂

[–] peoplebeproblems@midwest.social 3 points 5 days ago

It was quite the struggle for a while. Had they not rebalanced everything prior to the squids coming back the galaxy would be entirely voteless