this post was submitted on 27 Oct 2024
63 points (100.0% liked)

Gaming

30544 readers
703 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 2 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
Whom@beehaw.org
The_Hunted_One@beehaw.org
chloyster@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org
63
Why play a fascist? Unpacking the hideousness of the Space Marine (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 2 weeks ago by alyaza@beehaw.org to c/gaming@beehaw.org
13 comments fedilink hide all child comments
you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] vovo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 points 2 weeks ago

Space Marine 2 Is Too Busy Making You Feel Heroic to Show the Farce at Warhammer 40K’s Heart

I’ve long enjoyed Warhammer 40K, but so often the people who write fiction for the setting struggle to handle the black satire that sits at the heart of the setting.

The problem is there’s a non-insignificant sexist, racist, and toxic portion of the Warhammer fanbase that tend to think the Imperium is correct in its methods. Newcomers might play it and not understand what the setting is truly about.

Ironic fascism: Taboo-breaking counterculture paved the way for the return of the very fascism it claimed to subvert

I liked playing SM2, but they should do more against the racists fanbase.