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[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 42 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (6 children)

It should be modern day and they should do a 'somehow Palpatine has returned ' for Saddam. Also he should be playable in multi-player.

Also like, obviously this is all military propaganda but barely euphemistically calling something Call of Duty: War Crimes is really on the nose and doing it 6 times had made it pretty obvious thst normal people have no idea what Black Ops refers to IRL. They think top tier operator missions not Honduran death squads funded by drug money cause a black op can't be on an official budget and needs operating capital from somewhere.

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 18 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 9 points 5 months ago

south park Saddam Hussein voice 'hey buddy! Relax!"

[–] comrade_pibb@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago
[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (3 children)

pretty obvious thst normal people have no idea what Black Ops refers to IRL.

They think top tier operator missions not Honduran death squads funded by drug money

No, they know what it is, and they support it. They always have.

[–] Flyberius@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago

You are seriously overestimating jelly-brained gamers' abilities to know anything

[–] GalaxyBrain@hexbear.net 10 points 5 months ago (1 children)
[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

Dog we have been torturing and murdering people for nearly a century now. Ask an American on the street if they would prefer to instantly close down Guantanamo Bay or instantly drop gas prices down by 5 cents and see what their response is.

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah exactly, the opening of Black Ops 2 is you helping the UNITA death squad slaughter people in Angola. The black ops games are very open with this kind of stuff.

[–] EmoThugInMyPhase@hexbear.net 4 points 5 months ago

And Black Ops Cold War opens with you shooting down Vietnamese people lol

[–] aaaaaaadjsf@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago)

Also like, obviously this is all military propaganda but barely euphemistically calling something Call of Duty: War Crimes is really on the nose and doing it 6 times had made it pretty obvious thst normal people have no idea what Black Ops refers to IRL. They think top tier operator missions not Honduran death squads funded by drug money cause a black op can't be on an official budget and needs operating capital from somewhere.

Nah in the Call of Duty Black Ops games, you literally partake in missions like the Honduran death squads one you described. The opening of Black Ops 2 is literally being part of a death squad in Angola where you help Jonas Savimbi slaughter the MPLA. People like that, that's the point of the games. To normalise this kind of US military activity amongst the general public.

[–] mamotromico@lemmy.ml 3 points 5 months ago

It’s been some years since I’ve played black ops, but considering they they are very mainstream I feel like they have above average criticisms of the US role in geopolitics compared to most militaristic media (which isn’t really something significant, but it always surprised me). I’m curious if that’s still the case.