[ SECRET POST #2290 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #2289 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.

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02.
[Dangan Ronpa]


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03.
[Berserk]


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04.
[Thomas Was Alone]


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05.
[Paranatural]


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06.
[Supernatural]


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07.
[Christoph Waltz]


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08.
[Lost In Austen]


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09.
[Les Miserables]


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10.
[Harry Potter]


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11.
[Amanda Palmer]


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12.
[Bioshock Infinite]


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13.
[Red Riding Hood]


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14.
[Girls Next Door]


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15.
[Arthur]


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16.
[Roosterteeth]


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Notes:

Secrets Left to Post: 02 pages, 038 secrets from Secret Submission Post #327.
Secrets Not Posted: [ 0 - broken links ], [ 1 2 - not!secrets ], [ 0 - not!fandom ], [ 0 - too big ], [ 0 - repeat ].
Current Secret Submissions Post: here.
Suggestions, comments, and concerns should go here.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

This is pretty much an issue with much of media as a whole, and while I agree with you, it still kind of sucks to see Bioshock take heat based on issues with media in the west as a whole rather than its own merits as a story.

Still video games almost never tackle the issue from a non-fantasy standpoint so its not quite as tired as it is in movies or books. Unfortunately, we are unlikely to see it from a non-fantasy setting for awhile, can you imagine the blowup that would occur if a studio full of white male nerds tried to tackle racism or sexism in a serious historical setting, you would be able to see the flame wars from the moon.

[sugar_spun]

I know, but games don't exist in a vacuum--hell, this game is taking a *lot* from modern day views on religion and American society and politics. So it's not even fair to say the devs could rightly ignore the media's portrayal at large. The issue is that they *did* try to tackle racism and whatnot...they just abandoned any sense of philosophy and morality midway through the game.

[(Anonymous)]

Yeah sorry flubbed that last sentence in my last post, what I meant was could you imagine devs trying to tackle historical racism and sexism from the point of view of the oppressed or trying to write a fictional scenario where your standard white bread male protagonist was part of the oppressed group, its sort of a damned if you do and damned if you don't situation.

In regards to Bioshock I get the feeling that they started out with more of a focus on the conflict and then changed it partway through development to more of a character focus. You can see this in the really early trailers that focus on the vox/founder conflict then the later trailers and press releases focusing more and more on Elizabeth and booker.

[(Anonymous)]

...you know, I wouldn't be surprised if they switched focus just because of how much of a pain it was to make Elizabeth work.