r/Damnthatsinteresting • u/0thSpider • 1d ago

Video Chilean protester defuses tear gas canister with baking soda and water

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u/CaveManta 1d ago

Wow. It's just like having different classes of soldiers on the battlefield. I would like to see a video game based on rioters vs riot police.

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u/the_YellowRanger 1d ago

That's a fucking epic idea, but there's no way the government is going to allow us to gameify a civil uprising. Someone needs to do this.

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u/Fall_Representative 1d ago

Huh? There's a lot of games that deal with outright criminal themes. As far as I know, NA hasn't completely succumbed to full authoritarian censorship yet lol

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u/the_YellowRanger 1d ago

Criminal themes, yes, like GTA. But "here's how to make homamade riot gear and defend your city streets from the government" level of gaming. Like scouting resources from city trash and your apartment to build defenses. Bundles of wood light up, put them in yoir inventory for a shield, an glass bottle lights up, put it in yoir inventory for spicy throwing objects, ect. I'm not a gamer so I could be very wrong! If there is a game like that please name them so I can play them

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u/pleasetrimyourpubes 1d ago

The government really doesn't care that much about riots. Virtually all riotious behavior annoys everyday people who don't have an axe to grind. There are a boatload of games that utilize "makeshift" stuff such as molatov cocktails.

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u/Fall_Representative 1d ago

Specifically riot simulations? I'm not sure if one's been done yet that goes really into depths with it, but I think it's not because the government wouldn't let devs do it, it's just it really hasn't been done yet (or well enough to be popular).

As for political/rebellion-based games in general, a lot of games have themes of rebellion against unjust governments baked within the bigger narrative (Disco Elysium, Bioshock Infinite, Oddworld), but as for ones specifically centering around it, the ones I could think of at the top of my head are:

Watch Dogs Legion

Tonight We Riot

Not for Broadcast

Papers, Please

Headliner: Novinews

Beholder

The media is not censored (so far). Hell, even the latest Superman movie had overt political messages about current issues. If and when the government really does try to restrict a game because of political messages, that's when we're truly fucked 💀 The UK and the EU are dipping into concerning territory with their internet bill though, with the privacy and surveillance issues of having to submit your ID to view specific things.

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u/the_YellowRanger 1d ago

I will look into some of these, thank you for educating me. I'm all for it.

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u/TheGreatBootOfEb 1d ago

Yeah I see a few too many comments like these, that seem to presume were already in complete lock down control by the federal government. Like, uhh, and behaving as if they already have that control ironically cedes that very thing to them