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Interview with Game Maker Sam Barlow (Her Story)

It Could Happen Here

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Is There a Politics in Video Games?

"I think once you crack that egg open, of realizing that politics are kind of intrinsic to every story we tell, it's hard to hand tartaca put th back in the box," he says. "Once you realize you can use politics in a very interesting and complex story telling way that still doesn't alienate a lot of audiences." The video games world is still not quite ready for that,. Like, they're quite happy to talk about the game mechanics and how this thing works, but no one's willing to kind of dig deeper. It's possible that they'l always say, we we both sides, right? Well, will tell both sides and let people make the decision

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