privatebenjamincarmine

[privatebenjamincarmine]

-> This started off as a RP and kin ask blog, but I’m not receiving any asks so this will just be where I reblog anything related to Gears so that my moots aren’t bombarded with it if I ever want to rapid-fire reblog.

-> I probably won’t reblog anything from my main blog, please don’t go looking for it unless you already know what it is.

-> Adding to that, I might reveal it to some if I feel comfortable enough, but don’t expect me to.

-> I sometimes send Gears-related requests to userbox/blinkie/icon/board makers, so I’ll start reblogging those to here unless anon is off.

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giffing judgment for its birthday so feels appropriate to remind the class that at its core the Gears franchise is a critique on the military industrial complex & society’s dependence on fossil fuels

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scrolled down and this jumpscared me 😭

BENJAMIN CARMINE - GEARS OF WAR

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ill never forgive gamer culture for boiling down genuinely well made/told stories to "oo-ra I like to kill fuck yeah man guns and explosions" gamerbro shit, just for being action games. I do admit that I think action games are STILL over permeating in the gaming landscape, but that doesn't mean that action games, yes even shooters, cant have well made and/or fun stories. This post is about HALO and GEARS OF WAR. Both of these games have genuinely well considered and well crafted worlds for different reasons and good stories to tell, but are only ever remembered for their multiplayer "fuck yeah shooting" impact. Gears of war is remembered for being gory and having good multiplayer, Halo is remembered SOMETIMES for its story, but more often than not for its revolutionary multiplayer. MULTIPLAYER is not the enemy, its not a bad thing, but fuck do these games have some potent writing in their CAMPAIGNS, which were the main focus of the game being made in the first place.

Gears of war has a potently written critique of fascism, living under it, those who are used by it, and its cyclical self destructive mode of existence. Gears of war is *sometimes* about big dudes with big guns screaming and shooting big monsters, but every other time its about how fascism eats everything it creates alive including the people it so proudly proclaims it will protect as the chosen ones. Halo is a space opera featuring a religious alien superpower that experiences a schism so great it almost destroys the galaxy. It has philosophical zombies that cause the FIRST galaxy destroying event. It has a united earth military that acts in spite of its secret fascist government that kidnapped 6 year olds to make supersoldiers and killed upwards of 60% of them in the process, you play as one who survived. Its a rich world full of stories and well written characters, interesting world building, dont even get me started on ODST and its side logs you can find from the fall of New Mombasa.

These games are more than just, shooters. Every game strives to be more than its genre. Sometimes they are, and they get to end being that. Sometimes they end up like Halo and Call of Duty, trapped forever in the cycle of annual franchises and upholding a legacy that was created by people who aren't allowed to work on the game anymore.

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Hiya Mr. President, how do you feel about the Coalition of Ordered Governments?

(-@privatebenjamincarmine)

COMMUNIST PSYOPS!

COMMUNIST PSYOPS!

COMMUNIST PSYOPS!!!!

(Videogames are a communist psyop. Don't play videogames.)

[privatebenjamincarmine]

Hello, Private! How did you get your namesake?

Private’s my rank in the COG army, if you mean that!

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((This’ll a mix of an ask, rp, and kin blog! Currently idk what to post so uh here have this intro? Fine with any interactions whether in or out of the Gears of War fandom,, just keep NSFW stuff out as I’m uncomfortable with that!!))