• @andros_rex@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Morrowind is a basically the thesis of Things Fall Apart in video game form, with a good deal of Dune. It’s an examination of colonialism. Every detail of that game is dripping with politics. The Dunmer are racist and engage in horrific chattel slavery - but does that mean it is right for the Empire to colonize them and take their resources? There’s substantial evidence that your character is a spook sent to “fulfill” an indigenous prophecy to tighten the Empire’s control - is that morally right?

    There’s also a hermaphrodite male presenting god who has had hundreds of children with something quite close to the Devil.

    • @brognak@lemm.ee
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      22 months ago

      This is literally the first time I have seen Things Fall Apart mentioned since high school, 20yrs ago.

      Good book, kinda got ruined by the typical over analysation of a HS English class though.