Playing History 2 - Slave Trade is a game about the wide expanse.
I don't know what I'm supposed to do with this. I don't know why Serious Games made this. You know how you know Serious Games, makes Serious Games? It's because they named themselves Serious Games.
Serious Games is a Danish company. Were the Danish involved in the Transatlantic Slave trade? We will never know because all of that knowledge is locked away in books. But what we do know is that these Danish people decided they were the right people to tackle the tricky topic of slavery.
I guess that is how you get wacky characters like the plucky slave protagonist Tim, the mean Slave Captain boss with a heart of gold, and the Doctor, who for some reason is like, the nicest character in the game. I'm sure this is how all of the slavery happened. Like a Sitcom.
And the timing. Did the team get together and say 'You know what? I think gamers are ready to talk about slavery, like, right now. And I'll tell you what, there is nothing going on right now in the world that would make me think that this is the worst time ever to introduce slavery into the gaming conversation.'
Fuckin' Idiots. You know what, I'm not ever going to be able to say anything about this game that the game does not say itself so please, please, play this one. I now believe this is how some people actually see slavery, and it makes everything else make sense.
Rip TC rip TB rip Tall-T. Love is love, hate is not love. Get out there and do great things, we believe in you. Also Jobs.
The Protoculture Mixtape : Issue : People : Insidious
