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fromKotaku
1 day ago

Trump White House Uses Call of Duty In New Video Promoting Iran Bombings

The White House posted a Call of Duty killstreak video on Twitter four days after U.S.-Israeli airstrikes on Iran killed hundreds, exemplifying the Trump administration's use of gamer memes in official communications.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 months ago

Why Trump's White House is using video game memes to recruit for ICE

Government social accounts used Halo imagery and AI-generated depictions of Donald Trump to appeal to gamers and frame immigration as a militarized threat.
fromemptywheel
5 months ago

Gamer Culture and Guns - emptywheel

Here's a good explanation of the known gamer references in the things he scratched onto bullet casings (though the song Bella Ciao has been appropriated by Groypers). But the full arrow sequence was quickly recognized as something else: a combo from Helldivers 2 for calling the Eagle 500kg Bomb stratagem. The world of Helldivers - which evokes Robert Heinlein's book Starship Troopers and the subsequent movie - concerns fascism thematically; developer Arrowhead has characterized it as a satire where players fight for a fascist state.
Right-wing politics
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fromKotaku
9 months ago

Grand Theft Auto 6's Jason Is Gaymers' Latest Sex Symbol

Rockstar effectively targets the gay community by showcasing GTA 6's protagonist as a sex symbol, boosting interest and anticipation for the game.
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