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Sustainability Sage's avatar

Ive not played Age of Empires but recently picked up Civilization. I'd love s whole solarpunk expansion of that game.

Any game with solarpunk concepts really...

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Peter Clayborne's avatar

Right? It's just such a fun concept to play around and create with! And I really think it could become a compelling practice and movement. Just gotta figure out the line of change btwn art and politics. But in the meantime, games are good enough!

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Mia Milne's avatar

Have you watched any of Pop Culture Detective's videos, especially his one on solarpunk (discussing Disney's Strange World) or his one on video games? So many games, whether board or video, are focused on combat, capitalism, or colonialism. It's fascinating and frustrating. While I've never played Age of Empires, I love seeing stuff like this post and trying to imagine games whose goals aren't conquering or making money.

Also, suggestion of Root if you play board games. Everyone plays a faction of woodland creatures, but how you play plus your goals depend on your faction. One of the factions is the Woodland Alliance who represent the everyday people resisting those in charge and whose gameplay revolves around gathering support and doing guerilla warfare.

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Peter Clayborne's avatar

Well now I must find and play Root! Thanks for these recs, I'll take a gander.

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Layne's avatar

This game looks really fun. Have you heard of the Pixel Pushers union? They released "Tonight we riot" a few years back. It's kind of a silly game but I find it fun. They maybe woud be interested in hearing about it? I play Frost punk sometimes, and I really like that game. However, the only way to win is to basically become a fascist dictatorship, or a fascist theocracy. So although fun, it doesn't feel the best sometimes while playing it.

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Peter Clayborne's avatar

I haven't! Sounds definitely up my alley

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Alicia Bonner's avatar

Possibility: pull together a video game design/programming team of anarchists who want to build this and make it the gathering place for the development of anarchy. I know someone who might help/be interested...

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Peter Clayborne's avatar

That sounds like a great time!

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