Far Cry 5 and the Politics of Games Journalism -- CLS Side Quest

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Published on April 3, 2018 4:00:04 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOxGcsCCVe4

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Far Cry 5 (2018)

Duration: 17:13

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Far Cry 5 takes players on a wild romp through Montana, where a fictional, Branch Davidian-like cult has taken control of the local population. For some games journalists, though, the game doesn’t go nearly far enough in propagating their endless anti-Trump, anti-Republican, anti-red state, anti-conservative agenda, making Far Cry 5 just the most recent target of manufactured ridicule.

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