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MGSVs story was really incoherent but I think Kojima did have something solid in exploring linguistic imperialism (hexbear.net)

submitted 8 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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The actual execution was a mess, but Skullface's inspiration for his parasite weapon being the experience of linguistic imperialism as a child was a really novel premise. The idea that he would get his revenge by creating a weapon that killed anyone who spoke English is some cool super-villain shit I don't think I've ever encountered before. "Race-selective" weapons, genetic-targetting weapons, religious indoctrination viruses, I've seen all those, but I think MGSV is the only time I've encountered a weapon that targets a language community.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 8 months ago (1 children)

I was really expecting with the whole theme there would be more disinformation, propaganda, narrative control, persuasion techniques type stuff

I mean you run a private army made out of kidnapped-brainwashed conscripts

[–] [email protected] 1 points 8 months ago

True, but beyond putting up some "BIG BOSS IS WATCHING YOU" posters that part is never really explored, when it could have made a great parallel between Snake and Skull Face.

"You know, we're a lot alike, you and I..."