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42 – Saler – As If

Game Studies Study Buddies

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The Liberatory Power of the Virtual World

J.R.R. Tolkien's racism, nationalism and language are all found in his work. He was born in South Africa but wanted to be Anglo Saxons so badly. The as if of the neo nazi is just as materially effective of the as if of any reader who is not a neo nazi right they're both doing the same thing. I think that's still pretty ambivalent.

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