Episode 19: Do Politics Belong in Games?

Journalist Jesse Singal made waves last week when he pointed out most gamers don’t want politics injected into games despite the fact games journalists can’t stop shoving their ideologies down gamers’ throats. We discuss the age-old topic of politics in games, including Nintendo asking companies to stop making Animal Crossing political and why a communism experiment in Cities: Skylines failed. We also talk about Demon’s Souls’ nonexistent easy mode, why the beautiful characters of Hades aren’t fat or disabled, why it sucks to use your skin color and genitals to get a free PS5, and plenty more.