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In Gates, Williams saw controversy. “He really liked that. He thought that would get a lot of press and publicity for the game,” Mandel remembers. “I thought it’s one thing to seek controversy, but it’s another thing to really divide people. It seemed obvious… that there were going to be existing Police Quest players who would drop out rather than buy a game with Daryl Gates’ name on it.”

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[–] iturnedintoanewt@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago

Thanks, I had no idea this ever happened. That was a very interesting read indeed.

[–] Seasm0ke@lemmy.world 12 points 9 hours ago

I remember watching my dad play this game in the 90s... at least now I know he was always a fascist pig and was only emboldened enough by Maga to admit it.

[–] electric_nan@lemmy.ml 3 points 7 hours ago

Damn, good article. I thought it was going to be about NARC.

[–] Lifecoach5000@lemmy.world 3 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Wow that truly was an interesting read. I never played any of the Quest games myself. Is Ken Williams a MAGA these days?

[–] xyzzy@lemmy.today 4 points 8 hours ago

That crossed my mind as I was reading too, but if he is, he's never said it publicly. I'd like to imagine he's not, even though he was clearly pro-business conservative back in the day.

[–] heavy@sh.itjust.works 1 points 7 hours ago

There's a lot to be entertained by police quest even when you're aware of the flagrant copaganda throughout. It can be comedic, even. Look up ways to die in police quest (YouTube) and it's pretty funny.

[–] MTZ@lemmy.world 10 points 12 hours ago

That was a very interesting read. Thanks for sharing!

[–] Agent_Karyo@piefed.world 6 points 11 hours ago

Thanks for sharing, interesting article.