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Name me an apolitical game and I'll explain how it's still proporting a political viewpoint.

And the subsequent responses

Racing games imply that it's OK to burn fuel and release toxic chemicals into the atmosphere for fun.

Pong is a commentary on the evils on capitalism and how there can be no winners without losers. Endlessly toiling way in a pointless back and forth for the sake of invented measures of success. And Tetris of course has an anti-Soviet undercurrent with its theme of stopping walls from being built up. Obviously.

Name a seemingly apolitical game, and someone will explain why it is inherently political.
 

PMS341

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All video games are political. :)

But for the sake of the thread, Fantasy Zone.
 

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Princes Peach being a Damsel in Distress held captive by the male monster is a very stereotypical, and outdated, view on gender roles.

Her small act of rebellion against this role in Odyssey is, of course, still political, but at least showing a little awareness of the gender roles this time.
 

Ryan.

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I don't necessarily believe it is apolitical but I want to see what people come up with:

Kingdom Hearts
 

TolerLive

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Goat simulator.

Microsoft Flight Simulator.


I feel like simulator type games are hard to establish politics in.
 

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You need electricity to play it, and that leads to higher carbon emissions. How is climate change not a political issue?

If you play (or make, or sell), video games, you're taking a political stand that video games are more important than our planet.
 

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Wait, are you saying my games are full of politics? How dare those devs. I want to go back to the infantile state of mind where I didn't understand the complexities and realities of the world.

this thread rules