Balatro is rated PEGI-18 and Among Us inspires disgruntled people with medical needs. What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society?
from BmeBenji@lemm.ee to gaming@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 20:51
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30p87@feddit.org on 16 Dec 20:54 next collapse

Tip: Don’t post when you’re high.

jabathekek@sopuli.xyz on 16 Dec 21:28 next collapse

Someone hid the sharpies from them.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net on 20 Dec 18:52 collapse

Nah they’re the best kinds of post

30p87@feddit.org on 20 Dec 21:17 collapse

I figured as much now.

I was high myself as I commented this.

shittydwarf@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 16 Dec 21:15 next collapse

Blue shells in mario cart are communist propaganda

drspod@lemmy.ml on 16 Dec 21:19 next collapse

Night Trap

Exec@pawb.social on 16 Dec 21:40 next collapse

What other video games have been secretly eroding the very fabric of American society?

You do realise that PEGI stands for Pan European Game Information, right?

BmeBenji@lemm.ee on 16 Dec 21:58 next collapse

I think you might have missed that this question is sarcastic and the intent was to prompt stupid interpretations of video games. i.e. Mario Kart is communist because it only gives the lower class (losers) access to the deadliest weapon (the blue shell) in order to take out the upper class (the leader)

MudMan@fedia.io on 16 Dec 22:00 next collapse

And the game itself was made by a Canadian, while we're at it.

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io on 16 Dec 22:03 collapse

Then why is the acronym in American then. There ain’t no countries in the EU that speak American. /s

Vodulas@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 21:50 next collapse

Balatro is E for everyone 10+ in freedom ratings. We don’t give any shits about gambling imagery over here (Yes, I know balatro is not gambling and the PEGI rating is BS).

BmeBenji@lemm.ee on 16 Dec 21:59 collapse

Good Christian Americans would never go anywhere near gambling or gambling paraphernalia.

frezik@midwest.social on 16 Dec 22:13 next collapse

Lol

Vodulas@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 23:28 next collapse

What about if you’re gambling for Jesus?

DdCno1@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 23:43 next collapse

Jambling?

Vodulas@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 01:23 next collapse

Jesus take the roulette wheel

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 04:30 collapse

(Jean Gambling)

Vodulas@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 04:58 collapse

Is that gambling in a Canadian tuxedo or gambling with jeans? Every hand you lose your pants…

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 05:17 collapse

Not familiar with what is meant by Canadian tuxedo, so gambling with jeans.

Vodulas@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 05:30 collapse

Jean shirt, jean jacket, and jean pants is the Canadian tuxedo

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 12:50 collapse

Thank you for explaining!

pupbiru@aussie.zone on 17 Dec 04:46 collapse

well if it’s a church raffle or charity slot machines then that’s fine

VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Dec 06:41 collapse

You wouldn’t roll a dice!

CileTheSane@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 19:04 collapse

You wouldn’t steal a casino!

MyTurtleSwimsUpsideDown@fedia.io on 16 Dec 22:27 next collapse

The Magic School Bus is an affront to God™ because it contains both evil magics and education.

ranandtoldthat@beehaw.org on 16 Dec 22:47 next collapse

They also have a book about human evolution. 😵

ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com on 17 Dec 13:35 collapse

The heretics who don’t stop at one magic are the worst.

lime@feddit.nu on 16 Dec 23:16 next collapse

carmageddon got a sequel a few years ago and nobody batted an eye. kinda makes you miss the old days.

skooma_king@lemm.ee on 16 Dec 23:33 next collapse

Definitely not Rust. Very wholesome game.

Coskii@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 14:14 next collapse

It was definitely the first persistent survival game that taught me I don’t have the time or energy for that genre.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net on 20 Dec 18:54 collapse

I can’t find that one story where a guy was having a lot of fun being kidnapped. They roleplayed for like an hour.

skooma_king@lemm.ee on 20 Dec 20:48 collapse

Might have been Reksmore. They added handcuffs and a headbag recently. For wholesome adventures, of course.

toxicbubble420@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 04:00 next collapse

Crash Bandicoot got me hooked on crystals

HEXN3T@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 17:40 collapse

Final Fantasy

SweetCitrusBuzz@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 04:32 next collapse

I Was A Teenage Exocolonist

VolumetricShitCompressor@lemmy.dbzer0.com on 17 Dec 06:30 next collapse

Harvest Moon teaches that everybody can own land and live a good life self-sustainable off of his own work.

Commiunism@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 07:36 next collapse

Disco Elysium features communism and communists (bad) but also has a couple of homosexuals (a secret cabal of organized people dead-set on destroying the ideals of nuclear family) as characters. I’d suggest you guys avoid the game at all costs, it’s too dangerous.

RandomVideos@programming.dev on 17 Dec 17:25 next collapse

Minecraft has subliminal woke propaganda (there are splashes that appear on the title screen, some of them being pro-LGBTQ+)

There is also a really huge proportion of Minecraft modders that are trans which may be because of the woke subliminal messaging

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 19:44 next collapse

ironic given how transphobic and homophobic notch is.

Midnitte@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 23:51 collapse

Him selling it was probably the best thing to happen to Minecraft.

Imagine if JK Rolling didn’t just license Harry Potter, but actually sold the IP

CileTheSane@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 19:03 collapse

Diablo 3 had a rainbow in it somewhere, clearly woke garbage.

Etterra@discuss.online on 17 Dec 18:22 next collapse

Your moral panic isn’t welcome here.

DdCno1@beehaw.org on 17 Dec 18:23 next collapse

I think you’re missing a joke here.

BmeBenji@lemm.ee on 17 Dec 19:06 collapse

Yup

Abnorc@lemm.ee on 22 Dec 09:39 collapse

I welcome the panic.

JackbyDev@programming.dev on 17 Dec 18:27 next collapse

Remember, No Russian.

AceFuzzLord@lemm.ee on 17 Dec 19:10 next collapse

The Sims. It’s an affront to God that a human gets to play God if they’re not a billionaire or religious Christian leader.

Spore. That game is another affront to God because it teaches the harmful idea that creatures can change through evolution, which goes against God because He created all creatures and they have never ever changed and obviously look the exact same as they did when he created the Earth 6k years ago.

Mortal Kombat on SNES. Hilary Clinton said it’s a super realistic violent video game and since then there has never been anything near as violent. That game is the most violent game to ever exist and there is nothing that will ever top it.

And finally, the worst game of all:

/S

schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de on 17 Dec 19:16 next collapse

Pokémon taught children everywhere that if they enter strangers’ houses without warning, the strangers might randomly give them useful objects that help them in life.

CileTheSane@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 00:25 collapse

See: every RPG ever.

cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 17 Dec 19:42 next collapse

this, according to my teachers who hated me missing all that homework because of it

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CileTheSane@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 00:25 next collapse

Satisfactory promotes a good work ethic, no problem here.

SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de on 18 Dec 22:19 collapse

Streamlining and optimizing work, fixing technical debt and killing bugs. Yup, looks good

CileTheSane@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 00:28 next collapse

Super Mario Bros promotes the consumption of psychedelics.

CileTheSane@lemmy.ca on 18 Dec 01:06 next collapse

Tetris is Russian propaganda that teaches children doing good work is pointless as it will just be taken away and you’ll be forced to do it again until you do it half assed.

ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.net on 20 Dec 18:55 collapse

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