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Look, man, slaughtering veritable swarms of sky-racists takes a lot out of you. Booker needs his coffee and trash-cakes.
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In relation to some of the American history stuff, back before Emancipation it was a common trope for Southern slave owners to claim that since blacks were subhuman (according to white plantation owners), they were obviously doing them a favor by enslaving them and giving them 'honest' work and good use. Similarly, racists will often point to statistics saying that minorities are more involved in crime or poverty to explain why they should be subjugated (ignoring socio-economic disadvantage and discriminatory policy). The shocking thing in the game isn't that Comstock and other characters say these things, it's that these are often things that were often said during the era when the game takes place. His statements about how the emancipation only freed them from doing 'honest' work would still be common among sharecroppers and confederate apology still happens today. Similarly, a lot of the imagery is often not exaggerated; these caricatures and things were often mainstream depictions of other races and nationalities. The horror in this game isn't how much it exaggerates, it's how little it has to, for the time period it depicts.
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Aug 27, 2013 22:22
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Bruceski posted:Some other little touches, the bits before the ambush of people trying to act natural. "Do you sell... sauerkraut" and the guy saying it was a dollar when the sign on the stand says two gets me every time. Don't forget the musician playing out of tune. Or the guy sweeping the floor being both white and kind of rude to you (which the signs in the maintenance areas said was against protocol). There are a ton of signs those guys are not legit and I wish the ticket taker hadn't been made so obvious.
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Sep 10, 2013 23:18
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I wonder when writers are going to start noticing that using quantum stuff and time travel in their stories just makes them jumbled messes most of the time.
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