Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex

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Ross Scott of Accursed Farms reviews the 2000 game Deus Ex in his Game Dungeon series. He goes past the mechanics to the game's story, its politics and its economic ideas.

HN treats it as the best essay on Deus Ex, the one that makes a game review into a lesson in politics and economics.

“Here's my favourite essay on it”

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@1_player2021 · in “Jeff Bezos Pitching Amazon.com (1997) [video]”
Here's my favourite essay on it, that doesn't only go into the game details but also the underlying narrative, political and economical philosophy that makes this game one of a kind: ▶ this video It all starts with a pandemic.
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@sph2024 · in “80% of developers are unhappy. The problem is not AI, nor is coding”
Pros: - not have to worry about replenishing your bank account every month - have all your modest needs in life met - workplace is in a way the only community of like-minded people have outside of family Cons: - help realise someone else's dream - you might forget you have any dreams of your own at all --- My adult mind has been shaped by the controversial, maybe conspiratorial discussion about self-employment rates over the past century in the Deus Ex game, and as I've grown older, I've found I'd rather struggle on my own path rather than making myself care about someone else's idea. link (take it with an open mind and a grain of salt, it's cyberpunk conspiracy fiction after all) For a deeper discussion, I can only recommend Ross Scott's review of the game: ▶ this video
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@miltondts2020 · in “Ross's Game Dungeon: Deus Ex. Story Analysis [Video]”
Submitted the video to Hacker News.
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@unixhero2020 · in “Deus Ex at 20: The oral history of a pivotal PC game”
I have to mention Ross' Youtube channel Accursed Farms' review [0] [1] [2] of Deus Ex. I would highly recommended watching them: "I came for a game review and left with a better understanding of the economy and politics. Ross you blow my mind" [0] ▶ this video [1] link [2] link
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@Honeybunch2017 · in “Six agricultural giants on the verge of merging into three companies (2016)”
This is quote from the video game Deus Ex for those not familiar. Here's a good followup to this quote: ▶ this video
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@yrro2016 · in “Unreal: The Backstory”
You may enjoy this recently-posted retrospective on the original Deus Ex: ▶ this video
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