Tag: Deus Ex

  • The Best of the Worst Accents in Gaming History

    The Best of the Worst Accents in Gaming History

    Voice acting, like many aspects of a video game, can go horribly wrong. Since the days of PC adventure games right through to today’s big budget AAA games, developers have sometimes skimped on voice actors to save money. These are some of the most entertainingly terrible accents ever let out of the recording studio. Spoilers…

  • Should Games Have Social Commentary?

    Should Games Have Social Commentary?

    “Make America Nazi Free Again” is controversial to say in 2017. This is a sad bellwether of where we’re at, generally. But the fact that Bethesda has been reassuring fans that the political appearance of Wolfenstein II is all coincidence begs the question: Should games have social commentary? What role do games play in culture generally? John Carmack,…

  • All Your Favorite Games Are Political

    All Your Favorite Games Are Political

    Battlefield 1, Watch Dogs 2 and Dragon Age: Inquisition. Each of these games tackles political issues in a big way.  DICE’s first-person shooter of course, is about World War 1.  Watch Dogs 2 explores themes of gentrification and privacy in the digital age (amongst other things).  Meanwhile, the player character in the latest Dragon Age…

  • A History of Deus Ex’s Racism Controversies

    A History of Deus Ex’s Racism Controversies

    With futuristic, sci-fi sequel Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, developer Eidos Montreal has once again found itself walking atop the fiery coals of controversy. The developer first landed itself in trouble by referring to the game’s poor treatment of augmented humans  (‘augs’ are treated as second class citizens, forced to live in ghettos) as the ‘Mechanical…