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[–] Sanctus 114 points 6 days ago (1 children)

In the game, called "Among Us," some players are secretly assigned to be killers in space who perform other tasks while trying to avoid suspicion from other players.

Moar spin plz

[–] [email protected] 34 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago

VINNY DETECTED

[–] [email protected] 91 points 6 days ago (2 children)

Source pleeeaase. This is gold and needs to be framed an hung on a wall.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago (1 children)

"Journalists" like this should be held responsible for the BS they spew. If there are no consequences they'll just continue...

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

They usually never lie. They frame things in incredibly misleading ways, leave out context, etc. but they technically just report facts. Its shitty, but from a legal standpoint there is no way to make this illegal without heavily restricting journalists ability to do anything.

[–] NickwithaC 67 points 6 days ago

Does no one at NBC realise how bad this makes them look? I don't even game and even I know what Among Us is and how desperate this piece comes across.

[–] [email protected] 34 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

BREAKING: CEO killer and murderer found to have eaten pork belonging to a pig named Cindy. Cindy was killed for him to consume Cindy’s meat in a violent and seditious manner. NY District Attorney now charging him with the murder of the pig, along with the murder of Cindy.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 5 days ago

Based tbh. Killing a helpless animal is a lot worse than killing a mass murderer.

[–] taiyang 56 points 6 days ago (2 children)

God, imagine a world where Amung Us has even a slight chance of turning you into a class war assassin. Given how many people played that at it's peak, we'd be seeing CEOs dropping like flies. There'd be a few dozen per day.

Why can't video games actually radicalize the way Boomer media believes it does?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

A lot of boomers support luigi.

[–] [email protected] 11 points 6 days ago

The subtle messaging is too subtle

The game should add tasks where you have to make strategies to kill CEOs that another crewmate has to follow

[–] TotallynotJessica 42 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)
[–] TheBat 28 points 6 days ago (1 children)

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[–] mlg 35 points 6 days ago

This typa content is gonna put the Onion out of business again

[–] coconutking 21 points 6 days ago

This just in… Putin used to play the card game “War” when he was in middle school!

[–] [email protected] 15 points 5 days ago (2 children)

This was a game that got a huge boost in popularity in 2020 thanks to the COVID-19 lockdown.

In the movie Glass Onion (which takes place during the lockdown) Benoit Blanc is introduced playing Among Us while taking a bath (implied for a very long time). Two of Blanc's opponents are Angela Lansbury / Jessica Fletcher and Stephen Sondheim

Technically, Among Us the killer isn't a human assassin but a creature like the eponynous thing in John Carpenter's The Thing. The game features a tongue attack that no human (known) can do.

Personally, I was turned onto Among Us by my grandson who loved the game, and it was a way to bond. I went by Wargraves and nobody ever got the reference. It was a little wierd thay most of the players were grade-schoolers who had a tendency to assume everyone else was also their age. After all, I'm wearing the top hat and am named after an Agatha Christie character.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Well, to be fair, I don't think too many grade schoolers are reading Agatha Christie novels much of these days...

Or for that matter, reading in general.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

Yes, but among my regular players were Agatha Christie enthusiasts, and they failed to notice as well.

My Grandson is 11 now and is reading YAF, so there's still hope. My partner, who is an avid reader has been calling him up to read a book together.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 days ago

You could make a career out of that.

[–] kautau 25 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago) (1 children)

I’m so fucking tired of the NYPD not having a viable strategy to stop venting

[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago

Make me mayor and I'll have undocumented contractors shove razor wire into all the ducts.

[–] [email protected] 23 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

The feds tried to hire Detective Fruit but Mr. Fruit declined stating that United Healthcare was "acting kinda sus".

[–] Taalnazi 22 points 6 days ago* (last edited 6 days ago)

I will repeat: the guy is a hero for standing up for democracy and the reduction of greed.

[–] [email protected] 14 points 6 days ago

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[–] Olgratin_Magmatoe 12 points 6 days ago
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[–] TootSweet 11 points 6 days ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

i clapped i clapped

[–] assassinatedbyCIA 4 points 5 days ago

If I know anything about among us it is that it’s very pro corporate and anti-violence. No one and I repeat no one who played that game could have killed anybody. The police have the wrong guy. It just doesn’t match his character. The jury must find him innocent. If you are terminally online like me and you live in Pennsylvania or new york I implore you to tell your less online ‘normie’ friends and associates about this. If they are brought upon the jury they must know about how unlikely this makes as a suspect.

On unrelated note, jury nullification an interesting quirk of the US justice system. I think they will find it quite fascinating to research. Let them know about because they would probably find it very interesting. Spread the word guys.