Neocolonialism

A very cool example of how to use game mechanics to make narrative points.

Its one of those upside-down games, appreciate the excersize but standing on my head upside down to play is not as much fun as it used to be.

it's time to dismantle the neo-colonialist capitalist system ---{ Graphics }--- ☐ You forget what reality is ☐ Beautiful ☐ Good ☑ Decent ☐ Bad ☐ Don‘t look too long at it ☐ MS-DOS ---{ Gameplay }--- ☐ Very good ☑ Good ☐ It's just gameplay ☐ Mehh ☐ Watch paint dry instead ☐ Just don't ---{ Audio }--- ☐ Eargasm ☑ Very good ☐ Good ☐ Not too bad ☐ Bad ☐ I'm now deaf ---{ Audience }--- ☐ Kids ☑ Teens ☑ Adults ☐ Grandma ---{ PC Requirements }--- ☐ Check if you can run paint ☑ Potato ☐ Decent ☐ Fast ☐ Rich boi ☐ Ask NASA if they have a spare computer ---{ Difficulty }--- ☐ Just press 'W' ☐ Easy ☐ Easy to learn / Hard to master ☑ Significant brain usage ☐ Difficult ☐ Dark Souls ---{ Grind }--- ☑ Nothing to grind ☐ Only if u care about leaderboards/ranks ☐ Isn't necessary to progress ☐ Average grind level ☐ Too much grind ☐ You'll need a second life for grinding ---{ Story }--- ☐ No Story ☐ Some lore ☑ Average ☐ Good ☐ Lovely ☐ It'll replace your life ---{ Game Time }--- ☐ Long enough for a cup of coffee ☐ Short ☑ Average ☐ Long ☐ To infinity and beyond ---{ Price }--- ☐ It's free! ☑ Worth the price ☐ If it…

Play the tutorial first, its a really cool game. They took neoliberal (neocolonial) foreign monetary policy and gamified it. For only a few bucks, it's certainly worth picking up.

Neocolonialism delivers a scathing critique of modern-day capitalism before the game even begins, refusing to launch properly, a clear allegory to the real world where the "game" of capitalism is not one to be played by the common man. I also experienced even more political dialogue on into the menu page, where the entire page had been tastefully centered towards the right, just as our political system is focused on the right-wing. The map shown consequentially puts the United States somewhat off-screen, allowing oneself to ponder the symbolic connection to the present-day situation of the country. The game can seemingly only be played in windowed-mode, yet needs to be restarted every time a settings change is made. This clearly represents the struggle the proletariat must go through to even glimpse the wealth that the bourgeois experience. Additionally, the game is not available in 1080p, an allegory the fact that one must be willing to sacrifice luxury in order to achieve a better life for others under Communism. The game itself, though, is very fun and a unique concept. It at first seems very complex, but the tutorials explain everything well and are thankfully quite short. The…

To be honest, you generally play this brilliant game only a few times before it becomes repetitive but it's well worth the price and even triple :) I teach economic history in college and use this game regularly. In fact I'm just reinstalling it at home right now to use in my remote Coronavirus session tonight!