#also yes i would consider the network in the seedship an intranet

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Are there any popular mascots or cartoon characters in Oblivion? What about video games?

ATOM is kind of a mascot for themselves, but I think they count. They're an EXTREMELY popular planet duster, one who people don't know the identity of at all. Their full body suit and reflective face shield are pretty iconic, though they're also pretty divisive as a person.

Merzen itself I can see having a few mascots for different things, the most popular probably being a cartoon version of their local gods Naskian and Occam. Especially in the countryside which has the highest concentration of the pagan faiths that worship them. They'd likely have cartoons made with them, kind of like christian cartoons, except extremely off-the-wall because Merzennians are insane by default.

There's a giant ship that travels through space and is so densely populated that it acts as a mobile planet- and on that ship they do have One relatively popular "mascot". There's a small bookstore + cafe in one of the commercial sections that has a bookstore cat, a little tuxy named Rover. She's VERY popular, especially among regulars, but also across the ship's intranet.

As for video games, I don't know any names, but I do know what would be the most popular. In general, strategy games are very popular, especially those based around space battle. The (original) X-Wing tabletop game comes to mind, though that's not a video game I know. Exploration and settlement/development games similar to Satisfactory and Minecraft would also be pretty popular, as exploring and settling barren planets is very common in their society, but not everyone has the bravery/skills for that. Doing it in a video game is still fun though!

Per planet/system though...

Merzen- REALLY into walking simulators and wilderness survival sims, at least in the Unification. It's an escape from the horrors.

Drakkam- Same as Merzen, for the same reasons, but also sandbox games. The horrors are many but science is neat too

Pentae System- Their video games are pretty rough, likely text based adventures end up being the best. But computers are energy intensive and if you're running a computer it's for something more important. They're more board and tabletop gamers I think

Fragment of Praeter- Puzzle games and temple crawlers, as those are pretty common in their daily lives. The pursuit of knowledge is embedded deep in their culture.

Zion- Strategy. Again, very battle focused culture, but they're also a mercantile kingdom.

Ita- Sandbox. They're incredibly science focused, creating things is just fun.