US politics Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez shattered a tide of records by streaming Among Us. The US is known to be ahead, and even Twitch can become an important battleground for national politics. We in Italy, on the other hand, are still traditionalists, and our politicians just don't like playing video games. Except Valentina Nappi (who could follow in the parliamentary footsteps of Cicciolina, judging by her comments on Twitter), there are very few famous people in Italy who have shown a connection with the videogame world, and video games are never talked about except when the usual issue of violence is brought up.
Given the situation bordering on depressing, today I decided to do public service and to look for a video game for every politician at national level, obviously based on their ideological beliefs and their history. In short, I would like each of them to get the message that yes, there are video games for all ages, and also for all political beliefs. How about a nice tweet-storm to see if they play a game?
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Silvio Berlusconi - Leisure Suit Larry
Berlusconi is a politician who needs no introduction. After Andreotti, he is undoubtedly the longest-lived figure in Spanish politics since the republic was born. Despite the merits and demerits that are intended to be attributed to him, it is likely that the man who destroyed the popularity of the name Silvio in the beautiful country is remembered, as is already the case abroad, for the famous "bunga bunga". In short, not much else can be expected from the man who claimed, to save himself from jail, that he did not know he had been in bed with a minor, adding that he thought she was the niece of Egyptian President Mubarak. Now, I don't know about you, but I don't think sleeping with the granddaughters of presidents of other states is a very cautious political move in general, but if there is one game that would think otherwise, it is Leisure Suit Larry. For those of you not accustomed to the saga of good Larry, within this graphic adventure the only purpose is to go to bed with as many women as possible, without many compliments, and you even receive a game over in case of abstinence. prolonged. I'm sure it would be very easy for Silvio to identify with Larry, after all in common they have a vulgar and sexist sense of humor (do you remember the orchid joke?), a passion for the female gender, Hawaiian shirts, and both have run their course for a decade but continue to be among the….
Matteo Renzi - Assassin's Creed
He came out of nowhere, blossomed definitively in Florence, reached the pinnacle of success in Rome, and committed suicide with a move between stupidity and madness. Are we talking about Assassin's Creed or Matteo Renzi? Both, given that the paths of the two are parallel, reached the international limelight reaching a frightening consensus and then, convinced that they were masters of their own destiny, they lost all-in and had to leave the table. And just as Renzi tried to start again after the referendum, Assassin's Creed, after pulling the aliens out of the hat, tried to get back on track. Results? Scarce for both, despite the fan-boy audience who still live around the two worlds. Dear Matteo, maybe maybe we should follow Ubisoft's example and try to go to America?
Giorgia Meloni - The Sims
What many do not know about our dear national “I am Giorgia” is that when she threw herself into politics many years ago, what she said also made sense. I remember an interview with Pif in which she expressed herself in a balanced way, promising a great future. Here, all this is the definition of "Unfulfilled Promise", a bit like The Sims. Both still have their following, which actually consists mostly of people who have little desire to commit but who still want to be able to say “I participate!“, But their aging is clear and unstoppable. Dear Giorgia, since you like to scream at the winds that you are a woman, that you are a mother, and that you are española, and that frankly they don't care much about the winds, installed The Sims. You can be there what you want, and you can even make others what you want. You will not believe it, but you can also make everyone do what you like: they can marry whoever they want, they can have children with whoever they want, and they can cheat on their partner with whoever they want. A dream, huh?
Carlo Calenda - The Talos Principle
The video game industry is worth more in the world than the music and cinema industries combined, and a minister of economic development should promote its growth. Here, Carlo Calenda evidently must have fallen asleep in class when the concept of "economic growth" was being explained, given that when he was in office he posted the following tweet:
Now, maybe they will never enter his house, but we recommend one that we are sure he will like: The Talos Principle. Few games in recent years have combined Silmarillion-worthy graphics, reasoning, and text walls like Croteam's game, and we will be delighted to hear what Calenda will have to say about video games only after finishing it (and without help, please).
Luigi Di Maio - Thimbleweed Park
There is a popular saying that it says "Be careful what you want, you may get it." I believe that the political experience of Di Maio at the head of the 5-star movement can be summarized with a similar phrase, a bit like what happened for Thimbleweed Park. After all, Ron Gilbert's game was born out of popular uproar, as well as the pentastellato movement, and he was forced to make a pact with the devil in order to get to the top. Now, the experiences of one and the other can be considered more or less positively according to one's personal beliefs, but it cannot be denied that both were experiments born of a sense of nostalgia and popular rebellion, which in the end did not really change anything. Thimbleweed Park was supposed to be Ron Gilbert's only graphic adventure, done more for fun than anything else, but apparently it kicked off another game in development by the same team. Do we want to call it zero mandate in this case too?
Giuseppe Conte - Papers, Please
Many more or less beautiful things can be said about Giuseppe Conte, but I think it is evident how much he is basically a man to whom karma has made him pay for something. As a successful lawyer married to a former model, he was called upon to administer a country, becoming a symbol of the government of change. And in fact, he has actually changed a lot since Italy discovered his name, starting with the government, going through the worst health crisis of the last hundred years. Dear Beppe, we understand that you want to be at the service of the country and that you want to do it using your skills, but there is no need to go to Palazzo Chigi, the servants of the state are all important. This is why we advise you, as soon as the borders reopen, to move to Arstotzka and become a border guard. You will be able to apply the law and serve your country, without any DPCM!
Nicola Zingaretti - World of Warcraft
If there is one thing that PD and World of Warcraft have in common, it is that they both have a huge number of followers, and no one has yet figured out why. Both descend from a very noble lineage, based on solid principles and great application, especially in the management of communities, but both have failed to evolve and keep repeating the same recipe over and over, with small variations on the theme to make nostalgics happy. And it works, wow if it works! For this to poor Zingaretti, overshadowed by his more famous brother, I recommend the Blizzard MMORPG which was in turn overshadowed by the battle royale. Li Nicola will be able to find an audience as vast as they are asleep and disinterested, feeling like they are at a glorious celebration of Unity united during the next Lucca Comics. In the end no one will remember what he said, but they will all always be there, applauding him, as if he counts for something.
Salvini - Hatred
In my opinion, some of you have looked through the article to the end to see if he was there too. But of course there is, who do you think you are dealing with? For Senator Salvini we could only bring out the violent game par excellence. O meglio, the least successful violent game par excellence. Unlike other gore titles, Hatred offers absolutely nothing but gratuitous violence towards the public. There are no motivations, there are no excuses, there is no mercy, what matters is just spitting hate to satisfy your Ego, and we are sure that Mr. Sweatshirt will all sound familiar. The only risk is that the Senator of the Carroccio does not realize that it is a game and that he starts tweeting about it ...
