Elon Musk thinks Deus Ex is "one of the best games ever". It's not exactly a hot take. But his taste in games also displays an impressive lack of self-awareness. Musk sees himself as an outsider and heroic figure taking on the status quo, despite being the world's richest man, the owner of X, and a sometimes-ally of Donald Trump.
When Musk rails against 'the establishment', it's only when it threatens his vast fortune, his ability to indulge in hate speech, or when he's promoting conspiracies. Indeed, he posted multiple tweets during the Covid-19 lockdowns where he drew connections between essential measures to protect the vulnerable and the plot of Deux Ex, where a man-made pandemic is deployed by the world's richest man to advance a political power play.
Unsurprisingly, Austin Grossman, who wrote Deus Ex alongside Sheldon Pacotti and Chris Todd, is not a fan of Musk's take on the classic cyberpunk immersive sim.
ordnance_qf_17_pounder @reddthat.com - 4mon
Musk acting like he's not the establishment is one of the most mental things about him.
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Makhno - 4mon
That much money melts your brain. Humanity doesnt exist inside people that rich
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AlecSadler - 4mon
And drugs
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ExtremeDullard - 4mon
Imagine if Musk had latched onto Leisure Suit Larry and identified with that character instead...
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Denjin @feddit.uk - 4mon
Judging by his recent obsession with AI generated hentai, I think he might as well have
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drcobaltjedi @programming.dev - 4mon
He literally, publicly, on twitter, offered to personally impregnate Talyor Swift
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Lime Buzz (fae/she) - 4mon
I mean, he literally made contracts with people who can carry children for roughly 9 months to do that via IVF... I'm not sure he's that far removed.
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Doomsider @lemmy.world - 4mon
A loser who partners always leave them. A guy that is so concerned with sex he got a botched penis enlargement surgery. A man that tries to fuck every women in his orbit. You sure he isn't the real version of Leisure Suit Larry.
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purplerabbit (she/her 🏳️⚧️) - 4mon
It's fucking astounding to me how right-wingers are incapable of seeing a dystopia and not thinking it's a utopia.
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reksas @sopuli.xyz - 4mon
for the oppressor, dystopia IS utopia.
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jlow (he / him) - 4mon
Sad but true.
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jlow (he / him) - 4mon
Aw jeez, is this another variant of the "toxic fasch dudes love Fight Club because they don't get that it is (trying and failing?) to critique not celebrate toxic masculinity" problem? Ooof.
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Deus Ex's influence on Elon Musk 'may be its longest, worst legacy,' says its writer
https://www.pcgamer.com/games/fps/deus-exs-influence-on-elon-musk-may-be-its-longest-worst-legacy-says-its-writer/cross-posted from: https://beehaw.org/post/22015888
Musk acting like he's not the establishment is one of the most mental things about him.
That much money melts your brain. Humanity doesnt exist inside people that rich
And drugs
Imagine if Musk had latched onto Leisure Suit Larry and identified with that character instead...
Judging by his recent obsession with AI generated hentai, I think he might as well have
He literally, publicly, on twitter, offered to personally impregnate Talyor Swift
I mean, he literally made contracts with people who can carry children for roughly 9 months to do that via IVF... I'm not sure he's that far removed.
A loser who partners always leave them. A guy that is so concerned with sex he got a botched penis enlargement surgery. A man that tries to fuck every women in his orbit. You sure he isn't the real version of Leisure Suit Larry.
It's fucking astounding to me how right-wingers are incapable of seeing a dystopia and not thinking it's a utopia.
for the oppressor, dystopia IS utopia.
Sad but true.
Aw jeez, is this another variant of the "toxic fasch dudes love Fight Club because they don't get that it is (trying and failing?) to critique not celebrate toxic masculinity" problem? Ooof.