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It makes me sad when people pretend to be something they're not (lemmy.ml)
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Was looking for games to play and found this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Control_(video_game)

Hmm, do I want to play it? Let's see what it's about –

It follows Jesse Faden, the new Director of the Federal Bureau of Control (FBC), a secret U.S. government agency.... as she arrives at the Oldest House, a featureless Brutalist skyscraper in New York City

Ew, sounds very American/imperialist... must be made by Americans...

Let's see who's behind it –

It's just sad, and a little bit pathetic.

People from vassal states feel when they make creative content, they can't make their own stuff, they have to play-act as Americans for the creative process..

Is it to target the market? Are they ashamed of who they are? Do they not feel their own culture is valid?

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[–] 3 points 1 day ago (1 child)

It plays on “American government secretly knows about aliens/the supernatural“ trope, which is built on distrust in the American government. In this case it’s about the paranormal. They’re also making it clear that the government isn’t really the good guys here - doing experiments they shouldn’t do.

It wouldn’t work as well if it was about the Finnish government. At least they have a Finnish character who plays a major role.

And then there’s marketability reasons. They want to target the American audience because that’s where the money is.

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  • [–] 1 point 1 day ago

    Well they also make the russian government the bad guys if they wanted to be anti-imperialistic. Would be popular in Finland too.

    Though this specific game is heavily inspired by american popular media like scp foundation and the like. So yeah it's a trope.

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