/r/SocialistGaming
A safe space for any and all anti-capitalists who want to discuss games in an environment free of toxic, right wing attitudes. We discuss games from a far-left perspective while waiting for the inevitable fall of capitalism.
Welcome to r/socialistgaming
This is a hub for any and all socialists looking for a safe space to discuss gaming with similar minded people.
rules:
This community is diverse and inclusionary and it's meant to be welcoming to all anti-capitalist gamers. We try to keep it as broad as possible and avoid sectarianism.
That said; Terfs, brocialists and class reductionists are not welcome. This is a feminist, queer friendly, anticapitalist community.
Liberals that want to stick around know that this is not a place for us to debate our core beliefs but to chill and discuss gaming from our perspective. Comments that make excuses for capitalism, western imperialism, the police etc will be removed.
Marxist Leninists of all kinds are welcome. That said, keep in mind that since this is a broad "anticapitalist" space, you are likely speaking to people who don't share your specific worldview and analysis regarding existing states and past attempt at socialism. Debates may inevitably happen, so be nice and respectful to your comrades and try to understand their point of view and focus on your common goal of dismantling capitalism. If you don't feel like respectfully co existing with anarchists or different types of marxists in a gaming space on reddit, then likely this place won't be up your alley.
This works the other way around, if all marxists are "tankies" to you and therefore your enemies, this place likely won't be for you as this first and foremost an anticapitalist sub.
Oppressive language of any kind ( racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, ableism, islamophobia, antisemitism, classism etc ) will not be tolerated.
While we welcome political discussion stemming from gaming and pop culture in general, this place is meant to be a general gaming sub for leftists. So unless it's something that's meant for this community in particular or something urgent (an uprising happening somewhere or someone in need of support), refrain from posting general politics threads. Specifically, articles/ video essays etc that don't relate to gaming or geek culture in general will be removed to keep the place coherent.
Self promotion is welcome as long as it's on topic, we're all cool with finding comrade streamers, youtubers, discord servers etc but we recommend that you don't overdo it.
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Now that all the hate has (mostly) died down, what did you think about Dustborn?
I have only played the demo so my opinions on the full game might be wrong but I personally didn’t like it. The combat felt really sluggish and bland, and the graphics were alright but the game ran incredibly poorly on my higher-end gaming laptop (which can run Cyberpunk at near 60 FPS). The infamous music minigame felt laughably easy and dialogue was pretty generic. Though I did find some characters pretty appealing like Sai and Caretaker and enjoyable along with a few jokes that landed with me. But those are just my personal opinions; what did you think about Dustborn?
22:49 UTC
Will Dragon Age be another "Victory" for the "Go Woke, Go broke" people
Dragon Age has barely above 60k concurrent players on Steam so far (3 hours after launch)
For comparison:
Factorio's expansion has released last week, had 90k concurrent on the release date and in first 4 days sold over 300k copies.
Metaphor: Refantazio had 85k concurrent on release day
Star Wars: Outlaws peaked at 116k, and that game wasn't considered successful
I think that Dragon Age might do fairly well (Sales Numbers matter more than Player Count for single player games) and it MIGHT be able to sell over 1 Million units
so, overall I don't think that it'll be another "Victory" for them but, it'll be close
19:47 UTC
The taboo and secret history of Emulation | Documentary on Emulation and Its Controversies
19:13 UTC
"PlayStation: Year One" | Gaming Through the Years. by Gaming in the AM
19:01 UTC
Cool that when a transbian does a queer-themed nuzlocke it gets banned by cishets for being homophobic
I’ll admit the theme of “hardcore nuzlocke with only pokemon I think are gay” was partly a joke, but even if it was fully a joke, it’s frustrating that whenever marginalized groups want to be a little silly and have *extremely* harmless fun (the trans circlejerk reddit is far spicier than my content) it’s get policed by “allies” who think they’re being protective when it’s actually paternalistic.
Moreover, it was – at least in part – a meaningful theme. A couple times I talked about my own experience as a gamer who is both trans and queer based on things that happened in game. Additionally, the pokemon series, despite not being outwardly offensive, is still a product of cisheteronormativity. There’s unchangeable yet binary gender for both the player and the pokemon, the move Attract supposes that infatuation can only exist between opposite gender pokemon, which is the same mechanic behind pokemon eggs. In these games, a small cat and a massive whale can, between them, either birth another cat or another whale, but somehow it’s ridiculous for two female cats of the same exact species to reproduce.
More importantly, in the final stream and the clip I posted, I was on the receiving end of transphobic and homophobic comments in my chat: part of brainstorming for the final battle (the flaw in the original plan was very quickly exposed) has me talking about being affected by vitriol, how it indicates the wider issues in society, and how “not letting it bother you” is unfortunately the approach we so often have to take.
It’s doubly annoying being shut down in the name of homophobia when that was the very thing I was talking about handling.
Here's the video I had posted in case anyone is interested.
18:40 UTC
Why’s everyone shitting on Dragon Age: Veilguard
The game isn’t even out yet, and folks are shitting on it!! Asmongold for one.
Honestly.. I think some people care too much. 😬
22:28 UTC
OFFICIAL TRAILER: Introducing the Harris-Walz Fortnite Map | Kamala Harris x Fortnite
02:14 UTC
It's a Palworld After All! A Lawyer Explains Nintendo v. Palworld
22:46 UTC
New Soclialist Gamer Discord in the works.
Hello everyone! I've started a discord for socialist gamers where we can play, organize, learn, and shoot the breeze. All rules and channels are still in progress. Still working on it but I thought that people might enjoy getting in early while I'm still developing it. https://discord.gg/B9fJSVGC Thanks for reading this and hope you all like it!
20:46 UTC
400 Million dollars lost and the closure of an entire studio
18:36 UTC
Ironic
16:02 UTC
Bootleg Kings: The Unlicensed Games of Hummer Team
16:01 UTC
Made a meme for a groupchat
And was told this Reddit may enjoy it as well
15:16 UTC
Disillusioned combat vet
Looking for some gaming groups that cater to leftist combat vets. It's lonely out here, y'all.
14:09 UTC
Who are some trustworthy games journalists/reviewers?
In regards to recent gaming releases it's been annoying having to sort out the right-wing outrage from genuine critique. I don't really care if a particular games journalist/reviewer is a socialist, but whether they are fair and balanced.
08:10 UTC
Why the original Legend of Zelda cant give you the same experience in 2024 as it was intended in 1987.
05:10 UTC
Super Mario Sunshine's Confusing Economy
00:03 UTC
they targeted gamers. Gamers.
22:37 UTC
Star citizen
Any friends on here that play star citizen? I’ve not played for a long time but am itching to fly again… and playing alone boring af
Add me on discord @arizol
16:30 UTC
"Magic the gathering makes you evil" first as a tragedy, then as a farce.
15:37 UTC
Tactical Plastic Report, Episode 2: The Threats You Face in "Army Men"
14:27 UTC
When RTS Games Ruled the World - A 90s Retrospective
23:35 UTC
Schrodinger's Woke: If a game is released, it is both woke and non-woke until the reviews come out
16:15 UTC
Just learned about the BK-0010 Microcomputer from a video about "The Martian" mouse.
14:42 UTC
Harry Dubois from disco elysium
17:19 UTC
A 2D ARPG Mage Double Jump & Dash Diablo like? – An Amazing Wizard Prologue –
15:09 UTC
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