Spec Ops: The Line - A Literary Analysis
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A deep dive into one of the medium's most divisive and evocative games to date. Enjoy Games as Lit. 101? Support it on Patreon!http://www.patreon.com/gamesas...

The whole video is worth watching, but this section in particular makes a better case than I’ve seen in other analyses: that the game condemns player involvement not by simply chastising the player for choosing to continue playing itself (as I’ve seen other analyses argue), but rather for carelessly and uncritically engaging with the power fantasy that games like this cater to.

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That man put out fantastic videos. I’d love to see him continue to do so.

This is one of the finest.

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This is the first of his that I’ve seen, and I’ll definitely be checking out more.

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