Damn, kinda fucked. But also recontextualises it as “Fallout the first game” instead of “Fallout the series” as he wasn’t much involved past #1. I’ve no idea how accurate that statement is then as I’ve never played 1 or 2.
Fair enough, I suppose. Cain’s still been responsible for some of my favourite games even if he doesn’t share my read of them. Plus, if there’s one thing the Marx-adjacent among us don’t need help with, it’s reading anti-capitalism into literally everything
Roland Barthes stays winning. Authorial intent is bullshit and worthless when it comes to interpretation and criticism. One can read a piece of media in its context, but one can choose to ignore the author and interpret the content differently.
Damn, kinda fucked. But also recontextualises it as “Fallout the first game” instead of “Fallout the series” as he wasn’t much involved past #1. I’ve no idea how accurate that statement is then as I’ve never played 1 or 2.
New Vegas is more overtly Anticapitalist and more friendly towards Socialism, but it never goes the full way.
I like the authors take, at the end.
Lol I’ve been hit!
Roland Barthes stays winning. Authorial intent is bullshit and worthless when it comes to interpretation and criticism. One can read a piece of media in its context, but one can choose to ignore the author and interpret the content differently.
Yeah, like, this isn’t to say that it make his opinion any more valid, I just thought that was interesting context