Now I’m not in a habbit of discussing political stuff on this blog but this totally freaked me out today. As you may know, I’ve been playing Crackdown for the past three weeks. I think I’ve sinked well over 40 hours in this game, most of that time I was sick trying to kill time. Either way, the game premise is that you’re a special agent tasked with cleaning up the gang-dominated Paradise City. The local government / law enforcement body is “The Agency” which uses high end weapons, genetically engineered (read: disposable) Army all in order to stop the three gangs: Los Muertos (Hispanic), Volk (Russians / Eastern Europeans) and Shai-Gen (mix). The gangs survive and flourish by exploiting “the workers” to create weapons and manage other lines of business such as oil. Your job is to clense the city of these gangs. Disturbing enough, right? But here is the kicker (warning: end of game spoiler) – when you eliminate all three gangs and practically win the game you get to hear the following:

Congratulations Agent, Paradise City is finally free. All the gangs are eliminated and life is back to normal.

Now who do you think supplied the weapons to the Los Muertos? Who turned the blind eye to the illegal activities of the Volk? Who let the Shai-Gen establish a foothold? (the visual displays hint that it’s “The Agency” ie the government)

Why? Citizens had to experience total anarchy before they would tollerate complete control. (the visual displays hint at the military state)

With the things like Patriot Act and US diplomatic policy taking hints from Vladville customer service tips… makes you think..

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