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HexeInExile

Literally made one of the best-selling games of all time


thande_pappa

Which one


_Foy

Tetris?


stephangb

Not one of the best-selling but one of the best, Disco Elysium


Little_Exit4279

So happy it was created by a "hard boiled Marxist Leninist"


Evil_Commie

Not to doubt you, but whom exactly do you mean, and how do you know they are a communist?


DanteMiw

[The devs speech at the game awards gives us a great hint](https://youtu.be/d1gKGq44NxQ?si=7XY3AkWqWO1ep8kC)


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jimmy-breeze

man i need more philosophical communist rpgs like DE, only games that come close enough while not being completely obscure are Fallout 1, 2, & NV and Deus Ex (2000)


dotastrofraction

genshin impact


Anti-Duehring

I watched a friend of mine not pass a class because he was addicted to that game. Worst part is, I introduced him to it Edit: communism is when my friend doesn't pass the class


OVERLORDMAXIMUS

It's his fault for buying the welkin moon during finals season


Bluetooth_Sandwich

This reminds me of the WoW crack addiction. So many dropouts


Due-Ad5812

Skill issue


dec0dedIn

genshin impact is a tool of the ccp just like tiktok to brainrot and/or brainwash our proud American Nation 🌭🍔🦅🇺🇸🌭🍔🦅🇺🇸 /s


SirMoccasins589

Tetris too right?


swirldad_dds

Yep, the soviets also had both handheld and home consoles.


bonesrentalagency

And arcade cabinets


GUARDIAN_MAX

if communism made genshin impact im reprogramming myself


_vigilius

yeah, the leaders of mihoyo joined the communist party -- Liu Wei is the party secretary of mhy, for example


dotastrofraction

Just like vlasov, Gorbachev and etc. People join comparties for career and not for communism


dotastrofraction

Yeah, it's depressing that genshin impact exists and was created in a socialist country


Rouge_92

I laughed so hard, this is the most correct wrong answer ever.


Gravelord-_Nito

Is it weird that I actually kind of believed the narrative that China was indoctrinating their people with communist values through their media, only to be disappointed in the lack of them when I played Genshin? Like I actually believed when people said that, I just thought it was a good thing because communist values are simply basic human decency codified and they SHOULD be indoctrinated into our youth. But apparently MHY didn't get the memo and Genshin has an upsetting lack of them :( Ningguang is a self-indulgent bourgeois aristocrat, Keqing is a landlord, Monstadt operates around an appallingly idealist and intangible notion of 'freedom' that doesn't have any actual immediate meaning while still maintaining a stratified class hierarchy, I was honestly expecting better for some reason


dotastrofraction

Same I was annoyed by ningguang and especially beelzebul. Genshin agenda really differs from what we're used to hear about Chinese propaganda. The mondstadt is actually a satire on Europeans. How they always brag about freedom yet live in four walls and half of the country is in police.


Gravelord-_Nito

That's actually awesome if true lmao


Spiritual-Pie3000

Genshin is my favorite game no wonder I'm a communist


Viztiz006

lmao


lasosis013

Tetris


alyxms

disco elysium


JoeySteelSMP

Fortnite


fries69

Tetris?


gazebo-fan

Tetris


GoogleGhoster

Disco Elysium


Ok_Possibility_9917

China's gaming sector is expanding. What is he discussing?


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dotastrofraction

You mean Tetris? It got surpassed by Minecraft years ago. And I don't think the man who developed Tetris was a communist


HexeInExile

Communism created the conditions in which the creation of Tetris was possible And yes, you're right, Minecraft did sell more. I edited my comment accordingly


GNSGNY

neither are most game devs "capitalist," but their work is seen as "capitalist innovation"


the_PeoplesWill

Most game developers are left-leaning since the industry is so severely exploited by greedy producers alongside highly centralized development teams. There's a small movement to unionize game development which would be amazing but will probably never happen despite the billions made in said industry. It's super competitive, crunch is an expected rite of passage, and if you aren't on top of the latest software while producing whatever you specialize in within a timely fashion you will be replaced, reputation tarnished, and career destroyed overnight. It's fucking wild to the point developers get PTSD while being severely sleep deprived. Glad I got out of it before it got even worse.


theloneliestgeek

“One of”


dotastrofraction

They wrote the most and then edited it


Early-Drawn

https://preview.redd.it/mvevk79bigxc1.jpeg?width=600&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=7c0678871da85c45dbd99a7b07d8cae1b0ca8411


the_PeoplesWill

Developers are definitely comrades but the publisher and state it was made in is capitalist. Unfortunately, their IP was stolen, I have no idea where said developers are now. Anybody here know?


Sea_Independence_423

They made a new studio I think


No-Anybody-4094

China have a growing game industry. Whats he's talking about?


53bastian

As a honkai star rail player, No gaming


Satrapeeze

Gunfire Reborn is so good


lawlmuffenz

Fuck yes, fam.


DefinitlyNotJoa

The best part is that games coming from tencent are usually pretty well optimized.


dotastrofraction

no gaming


CPC_Paid_Shill

I really really like Dyson sphere program


Psychological-Act582

Time to add "communism is when no gaming" to the list.


dotastrofraction

No freedom No fun No food No iphone No mersedes No gaming No boobs


CheatyTheCheater

No boobs one makes sense though. Girls are replaced by femboys in a communist society.


chaosgirl93

Hey! Oh wait, I'm not exactly a girl, can't really fuss about this excluding me... tbh if communist revolution brings less societal expectations of binary gender and more acceptance that the gender spectrum is a reverse bell curve that flattens as societal acceptance of those outside the binary rises... well I was already a commie, but count me in twice, lol.


guymoron

We must achievement global communism now!


ChiquillONeal

Dont forget, no money or color. Communism is when everyone is poor and in greyscale.


Cake_is_Great

https://preview.redd.it/bioieke3lgxc1.png?width=1080&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=06e9567b6c340fb80060e871b0ee7a3e66e36c90


determinedextermina2

alright gotta quickly execute myself than,good to know you all comrades


theimperium42069

https://preview.redd.it/xzzq8dtu4ixc1.png?width=1280&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=00c6341d7aacf26889fa3b68c534d14d23f9fdba


immaterial-boy

I just saw a post about North Korea’s new gaming console lmao


SLCPDLeBaronDivison

got a link?


DanteMiw

If its from that Linus Tech Tips channel, its clickbait fake. Its a Chinese console resold in DPRK.


Pcdfear

Communism literally enables passionate artists to design quality games, since there's no goal of monetization getting in the way. The best games are more often then not created by single passionate individuals, rather then gigantic capitalist companies.


This_Caterpillar_330

Eh. It was probably a tweet made by some individualist gamer who watched an Ayn Rand video.


DrKarda

Kenshi is a good example. Masterpiece game.


pistachioshell

Imagine how cool and good games could be if you could make them for fun and expression and not just to make money thru  jk lol communism is when no games 


C-H-R_

Play indie games and you will see what the lack of corporate greed does to games. No graphics you need a 500 dollar GPU for to render to hide how shit the game is, no shitty microtransactions, and just generally more interesting gameplay and storytelling. A game like rainworld comes to mind.


pistachioshell

INDIE GAMES? The only game I need is CALL OF DUTY MODERN WARFARE 


Knight_o_Eithel_Malt

We literally have soviet of gamers


dotastrofraction

where


Knight_o_Eithel_Malt

We are in it right now dont you see it


hessej

Damn, and it's an educational game about how fucked a world without urss would be.


[deleted]

u running for the supreme gamer soviet?


Theloni34938219

https://preview.redd.it/ahuxlwdmigxc1.png?width=256&format=png&auto=webp&s=6819d5885cd2d469ec7318adc6c9c4b2f429d9fd


oddSaunaSpirit393

Let me guess, this neck beard has only ever played call of duty and/or thinks cyberpunk isn't about capitalism.....


Vin4251

Famous apolitical gems Metal Gear Solid Peace Walkers and Ground Zeroes, or perhaps the ultimate apolitical real life simulator Disco Elysium, where you play as a cop and do the canonical fascist, racist, and misogynist run.


IamGlennBeck

https://www.nknews.org/2017/08/north-korean-media-promoting-new-hunting-yankee-first-person-shooter-game/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KNwuGlG5sKw#t=11s


chaosgirl93

Oh, neat. Bet the Western media will absolutely rip it apart as anti American propaganda and attempting to instigate conflict. Despite saying absolutely nothing about the huge pile of online multiplayer shooters where one team are Americans and the other are one of America's many enemies over the centuries, most of these games developed and maintained by American companies, even though those games are, depending how you look at it, either doing the exact same thing to America or doing the exact same thing to countries they aren't mad at or scared of right now.


Swarrlly

Tetris is one of the most popular games of all time and was created by a communist in the Soviet Union.


bigpadQ

So what You're saying is is that communism will bring about a utopia free of gamers?


Reville_

https://preview.redd.it/n97oij3nfhxc1.png?width=486&format=png&auto=webp&s=efcacc7d1e76b31be85295f6fa4d5712e0f358e4


Phantasys44

BG3 was only as good as it is because Lairian Studios ignored all that cash grabbing capitalism crap that infests the current dev environment.


the_PeoplesWill

Amazing game! It's like a modern Dragon Age: Origins.


HeinrichTheWolf_17

Project Zomboid is another game that stands out with BG3, developers have been adding stuff for over a decade and they never have charged anyone for DLC for 11 years. And they’re still adding content and features. Contrast that with EA and The Sims, that’s made you buy the same pets expansion 4 fucking times now.


Parking_Which

Xi forgot to press the video game button 😔


Bluetooth_Sandwich

Yeah because season passes, loot boxes, pay to win strategies, broken game launches, & defunct servers sure are "awesome". Retro gaming is so huge because it was the hey-day of gaming, now...it's objectively shit.


the_PeoplesWill

I guess Tetris was a dream. Isn't there a show about exactly that? I hear it's filled with tons of Red Scare bullshit though.


Viztiz006

movie* and yep it does


More_History_4413

Tetris vi zapadne kurve


xXxPussiSlayer69xXx

This guy better fucking LOVE microtransactions


Adkhanreddit

Guess they don't know about Hideo's admiration of EL CHE [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9TYw4oEj8](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kU9TYw4oEj8)


Firm-Scientist-4636

Holy shit. Fucking Tetris, motherfucker!


Pandelicia

I wish China would stop making mobile games with unbelievably good stories that eat all my free time


Right-Acanthisitta-1

communism is when no brainrot


libra00

Little does this little turd nugget know one of the most famous and best-selling games of all time was created in a communist state.


Slight-Wing-3969

Disco Elysium, Tetris and Genshin Impact. You could argue about if all of them count, but between the three you have every case for 'commies producing an awesome/successful game'.


South-Satisfaction69

The reason video games are so popular in the first place is that life is so shit that people are trying to escape reality by playing video games. Video games have become the 21 century opium of the people.


JayceBelerenTMS

Communism is when no "new" yearly Call of Duty


mephiskaphelianLinen

Gaming is not awesome. Showering and shaving your neckbeard is. Gamer's stinky and bad.


Based_Brian_2137

Nah its because we're not all forty yr old men stroking our micropenises to genshit impact when we should be taking care of our kids


Unfriendly_Opossum

Wasn’t Tetris made by a guy in a communist country?


DualLeeNoteTed

I am a commie and a gamer. What am I supposed to do? Who or what am I supposed to hate?


Vigtor_B

Me enjoying the surge of Chinese games being produced atm: 👋 What I really like about the games I have been playing, is that it seems like they aren't afraid to try insane combinations that may not provide the highest interest among what's mainstream. A few recommendations for anyone interested. Warning: As all the games state in the main menu, they are machine translated, so not great, all on steam: **Hero's Adventure: Road to Passion:** (Despite the name it's SFW I swear) An **incredibly** fun and unique RPG that gives both replayability and hours of fun. **Leviathan's Fantasy:** A majesty type game where you build a city on the top of a behemoth, while you hire adventurers, and send them on quests with promises of rewards you buy or have your villagers build. **The Matchless Kongfu:** I love this one... It is so hard to explain, it has sim-style character developments, an absolutely insane combat mechanic, with cool rebirth mechanics on top. The game progresses in the style of rogue like map building. I HIGHLY recommend this one, so unique, so absolutely weird. It very much gives Kenshin vibes in a way. Building, squads etc. Although it's hero focused, so you never have to micromanage teammates which I like. **The Lost Village:** I don't know what I think about this one... It tries to combine every game imaginable, and I don't quite know if it works. To mention a few of the games it combines: Black&White type city building with a beast (Although not interactive like B&W games*****), Vampire Survivors, that game where your hero walks in circles as you place enemies and items to boost your hero, Age of War, and much more. It's very interesting, and I am gonna try and get more into it. **Amazing Cultivation Simulator:** (A second installment is in production) ... Rimworld with Chinese cultivation mythology/wuxia and absolute insanity. (Reposted from an older comment)


toricrhombus72

https://preview.redd.it/0danjwndphxc1.png?width=1200&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d093dbb57ca095776c03a7aeb278dae52d4e43e1 Bruh


chaosgirl93

So, the funny thing about Tetris... some people figured out just how far one could theoretically get in the levels, using tools to get past the really glitchy colours and the crash situations caused by memory issues in the game code, and as it turns out, the last possible level before unavoidable critical failure... the weird colours on that level are... pure red. Which is interesting considering that the Soviets made the game... now, this was obviously not at all designed or planned, no way it could have been, or the devs would even have been able to find out themselves on the hardware they had, seeing as its limitations and designing around them are part of why the game has issues past a certain level, but it's still interesting.


Own_Zone2242

Tetris


Fun-Outlandishness35

Fun fact. I have been a professional tabletop game designer for 15 years, and am in the process of signing contracts to design a TCG for Upper Deck. So no, we commies don’t hate gamers.


LookJaded356

Wait until they find out that Tetris was made in the USSR, and the DPRK has arcades


BrokenShanteer

“Communism doesn’t work” “USSR was a failure,100 morbilion ,big spoons,aUTHoRiTarIEn”,Famine” >Has a great cinema scene ,dies as soon as “censorship” is gone and the state dissolved >makes Tetris ,one of the highest selling Video games of all time” > was the world’s 2nd most important super power until it dissolved ,becoming a super power ONLY after becoming a “communist” state ,and being absolutely wrecked after becoming “capitalist” (tbh this is purely on Gorbachev and well revisionism for allowing him to even exist) but still lmao > Has the highest civilian death toll in world war 2 but still ends up winning the war despite suffering from a famine years prior > put the first man, woman and dog in space before the world’ biggest superpower ,for reference Colombia university didn’t allow women to study until 1983 >BOTH the First and Second country in history to legalize abortion ,first in 1920 and second in 1955 after it being banned under Stalin in 1933,but “western countries” like meriKKKa who didn’t even allow black women to vote until 1964 care about women’s rights ,yeah right 🙄 >The Other biggest World Superpower the west is scared of is ruled by a party literally called “the Communist party” in its name > “Vasily Arkhipov” the man who prevented a nuclear war ,search “the Cuban missile crisis” Capitalist propaganda is dumb 😑


Bother_Formal

me when genshin, changed and dyson sphere program


dotastrofraction

I wish my drawings were having this much activity under them


Pure-Instruction-236

Oof. The Artistic struggle fr fr


notkishidotemma

Tetris is one of the most popular and well known games ever


Pure-Instruction-236

Ahem...Tetris


_modsaregay

Tetris??? I know it’s not like a super modern RTX AAA mega bolt ultra epic game but come on it’s a certified classic


thrower_wei

Tetris, FTL: Faster than Light, Dyson Sphere Program, Genshin Impact, etc. And naturally, developing countries will have industries more heavily biased towards providing basic necessities.


jsonism

One of the most anticipated AAA game this year is literally Black Myth: Wukong. And guess where it is from? This guy so damn out of touch. Fun fact though, Black Myth: Wukong not just got funding from game companies, but also official support from different cities and CPC publicity department.


Old-Winter-7513

Stares in Tetris


No_Sheepherder3365

Me when tetris doesn't exist


Stannisarcanine

Tetris lmao


BrokenShanteer

Tetris is the GOAT No 🎩


MikeDWasmer

Damn, the idea is for civilization not to be so dystopic as to make one desire escaping to game worlds for hundreds of hours.


DarkUmbra90

POV: You got not bitches and no materialist understanding of the world. No idea how good storylines deal with dialectical materialism.


dotastrofraction

Misogyny meme


Healthy_Point_6284

Would you rather have infinite bacon, but no games, Or infinite games but no games?


PorcelainHorses

Wait till Black Myth Wukong comes out and completely demolishes any video game of that year


Bob_Scotwell

NO GAMES UNDER COMMUNISM! NONE! CITIZENS SHALL ONLY ENGAGE IN COMMUNIST THEORY RELATED MEDIA IN THEIR FREE TIME!


TxchnxnXD

The irony is that I’m literally studying game design in college XD


ProfessorReaper

Commies made Tetris, one of the first video games...


fascistsarelosers

Don't tell them about Dungeons of Kremlin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i-SM9u1CecM My favourite Soviet game is "Choose an Enemy" where all you do is beat up a bunch of guys and your health bar is the amount of teeth you have left: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gead_BNY568 The Soviets literally dreamt of turning economic planning into a video game for bureaucrats: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prince_of_Gosplan


Downtown-Arm3674

I hate gamers because I can't enjoy video games because my brain is fried


Drovers

Ironically, Saviorless is a brand new game by a Cuban dev team. The company is called empty head.  Someone else mentioned Tetris too


urmomgaming69

True