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Ex Half-Life dev says Call of Duty Modern Warfare 3 is “gross and exploitative” (www.pcgamesn.com)
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[–] [email protected] 57 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Might save you a click:

Faliszek then shares a screenshot from CoD Modern Warfare 3, whereby a quote from Parks, one of the central figures of the American Civil Rights Movement, appears in Call of Duty after you have died. “Knowing what must be done does away with fear,” the quote from Parks reads.

“Dear Call of Duty team,” Faliszek continues, “I get it. You’re thinking ‘she has this great quote, she’s a civil-rights activist, we’re going to call attention to her.’ No. This is exploitative. This is gross. Rosa Parks has nothing to do with the grossness of your shoot people in the face game. Don’t have her as a death quote. Just don’t.”

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Operation Flashpoint at least kills you with quotes that go 'war is bad, actually.'

Nope, nevermind, checked the list, it's a similar grab-bag.

[–] [email protected] 40 points 10 months ago (2 children)

Specifically because they use Rosa Parks quotes for death screens for no discernable reason except a blind attempt to pander.

[–] [email protected] 17 points 10 months ago (1 children)

He's just mad cuz they can make a 3rd game and Valve can't.

...jokes aside though, using Rosa Parks quotes, how fucking detached from history are you??

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

They even did it twice! And somehow made it worse the second time.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 10 months ago

Press X to sit in front of the the bus.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago) (1 children)

At least they can count to 3. Like 3 separate times but still

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago (2 children)

can they count to 4, tho?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago

There’s a Black Ops 4…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 10 months ago

No.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Does it actually say - Rosa parks? Because if not those are just words that I personally never knew were attributed to Rosa parks and fit a military game. Not defending cod because it is a shit game. But if they actually attribute it directly to Rosa parks then that weird as fuck but otherwise it's just a obvious line about knowing your mission and not being scared