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Thu May 21

Tonight we riot? What Nintendo's 'revolutionary' video game misses about worker liberation

Written by Dan Musil, PhD Candidate, Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University

“In a world where the wealthy elite control the media, elections and lives of working people, we’re faced with two choices – accept it or fight for something better.”

That’s the premise of Tonight We Riot, a new video game for touted as a leftist response to the “neocon fantasies” like Call of Duty.

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