#you could maybe at least GOOGLE who's indigenous to the mojave and like. do something with that | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

palant1r · 5 months ago

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you know, for a series about reckoning with the sins of america's past, the conflict between different forms of governance and the pitfalls of blindly assuming the infallibility of american liberal democracy, and being forced to stop depending on modern technology and search for alternative solutions in an attempt to live in reparative relationship with scarred land or die trying, fallout sure doesn't have that many indigenous people in it, huh.

#the thoughtlessness of it is ESPECIALLY visible in fallout new vegas #like you're making a game about how the revived zombie of american liberal democracy massacres tribal peoples #you could maybe at least GOOGLE who's indigenous to the mojave and like. do something with that #like can you IMAGINE how crazy insane the arcade/enclave plotline would have gone if it like. involved mojave people he was consulting abou #medicinal properties of native plants #can you IMAGINE if the game was interested in using this lens to reckon with how imitating america's past also meant recreating the exploit #tion of indigenous people #especially given the entire plot centers around competing visions for the use of the area's natural resources #like come ON

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