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Maybe it could've been clearer about that, then? I felt like it was really pushing the "Guy's a fuckin' cop-lover!" angle really hard to the point of skewing the facts a bit just to stress it.
The article is pretty well laid out, IMO. It sets up the story with background information of who Ken Williams is, the history of the Police Quest series and the Sierra hacker/stoner culture, then goes into Daryl Gates and his background, and finally how Ken hobnobbed with him and pushed hard for him to be involved despite the resistance of the game devs. It then goes into how the game that Daryl advised on was deeply influenced by his racist views, which Ken had no trouble publishing, and even hoped would generate controversy for profit.
It gives all the context needed for non-sierra fans and for people not familiar with Daryl Gates, and doesn't really have any fluff or repeating points.
Not sure what you mean by skewing the facts? Could you give an example?
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The article states that Sonny "grooms" Marie to be a housewife but she's clearly written to want to be. There's a difference between "look, these games are gross because you the player/player character coerce some poor girl into slaving away at home cooking and cleaning and raising kids for you" and "look, these games are gross because the writers made a character wanna be a tradwife with a job."I had other stuff written but apparently didn't post any of that. Bleh. Tired now, not gonna agree (nor stop getting silently downvoted, gotta love that) anyway. Off I go ö/