{"id":7745,"date":"2022-11-08T10:38:15","date_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:38:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/you-can-blow-cyborg-thatcher-up-with-a-rocket-launcher-the-video-games-lampooning-britains-cursed-politics\/"},"modified":"2022-11-08T10:38:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-08T09:38:15","slug":"you-can-blow-cyborg-thatcher-up-with-a-rocket-launcher-the-video-games-lampooning-britains-cursed-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/11\/08\/you-can-blow-cyborg-thatcher-up-with-a-rocket-launcher-the-video-games-lampooning-britains-cursed-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You can blow cyborg Thatcher up with a rocket launcher\u2019: the video games lampooning Britain\u2019s cursed politics"},"content":{"rendered":"

Combining satire with simulation and working-class viewpoints, a suite of games is currently exploring the causes and consequences of Britain\u2019s political and economic crises.<\/p>\n

At a Labour party conference-adjacent event in September, The World Transformed, Jeremy Corbyn was pictured waving an arm in front of an arcade cabinet bearing the words Thatcher\u2019s Techbase. The game \u2013 a modified version of 1994\u2019s famous infernal shooter, Doom II \u2013 sees players hunting down a resurrected, cyborg version of the former prime minister in a labyrinthine fortress.<\/p>\n

The images kicked off a minor media storm. \u201cPictured: Jeremy Corbyn plays video game that lets players kill Margaret Thatcher,\u201d said The Telegraph; the photos were featured in the Daily Mail, the Express and the Times. They even appeared on Have I Got News for You.<\/p>\n

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\nCombining satire with simulation and working-class viewpoints, a suite of games is currently exploring the causes and consequences of Britain\u2019s political and economic crises.
\nAt a Labour party conference-adjacent event in September, The World Transformed, Jeremy Corbyn was pictured waving an arm in front of an arcade cabinet bearing the words Thatcher\u2019s Techbase. The game \u2013 a modified version of 1994\u2019s famous infernal shooter, Doom II \u2013 sees players hunting down a resurrected, cyborg version of the former prime minister in a labyrinthine fortress.
\nThe images kicked off a minor media storm. \u201cPictured: Jeremy Corbyn plays video game that lets players kill Margaret Thatcher,\u201d said The Telegraph; the photos were featured in the Daily Mail, the Express and the Times. They even appeared on Have I Got News for You. Continue reading…Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Combining satire with simulation and working-class viewpoints, a suite of games is currently exploring the causes and consequences of Britain\u2019s political and economic crises. At a Labour party conference-adjacent event in September, The World Transformed, Jeremy Corbyn was pictured waving an arm in front of an arcade cabinet bearing the words Thatcher\u2019s Techbase. The game …<\/p>\n

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