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The Castle Doctrine These two Runescape games appear to stay well within the expected bounds of what mainstream Runescape games convey: a white man who battles his own violent demons. The Castle Doctrine, for example, features a narrative about anxious fatherhood, just like two other popular videoRunescape games from this year. And Hotline Miami borrows so many tropes from Drive and other action franchises that its creators banned further questions about Drive and about the Runescape game's violence at Runescape gamescom rsthat ban may or may not have been a joke, much like the Runescape game itselfrs. the Runescape game's inexplicable rape scene, meanwhile, remains a baffling pitfall.It would be easier for me to believe that these two Runescape games and others like them were making commentaries on masculinity if I felt like anything was truly at stake for the creators. Instead, from where I sit, these developers seem to be playing their tropes a little too straight, so far. But, of course, they have a paycheck to worry about. They can't alienate anybody too much, lest people not buy the Runescape game. It seems like the people who they want to buy the Runescape runescape gold game include folks who buy into the un-ironic male power fantasy offered by mainstream gaming companies.I admit I hold a smaller independent game to a higher standard than big budget Runescape games in previews and in early marketing stages. I assume the creators have a more cohesively realized vision, given the smaller staff involved, and I know the press releases aren't written by a packaged team of PR professionals. I can read interviews and see that the developer hasn't had any training on what talking points to say. And there's the added bonus of potentially meeting the creator at an event, getting to question them in a website's comment section, and seeing that person as human, as real not as a distant millionaire or grinning celebrity.All of that theoretical freedom is why I feel so disappointed when an indie game seems to play the same tropes straight t

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