Article: https://kotaku.com/in-case-you-missed-it-reagan-was-a-scumbag-1845719331
Much more in the article, but yes. The glorification of Reagan in Cold War seems to me to smell an awful lot like right/alt-right fantasy and deification than a true-to-life depiction of a president embroiled in scandal, subterfuge and helping to create a society enveloped in class warfare. It's quite similar to how much of the UK seems to remember Winston Churchill, a man who, yes, got Britain through the war, but was also himself a roving racist and a despicable piece of shit.
This is clearly propaganda, and stupidly takes me back to the "Big Mama" conversation in MGS4 where she talks about how soldiers in PMCs in that universe were raised, trained and shaped entirely by FPS video games. I can't believe I'm saying that. Between bringing Kevin Spacey in (albeit before he was called-out, though I can't seem to find a single instance of Sledgehammer speaking out against him? Correct me if I'm wrong) to this depiction of Reagan, it seems clear to me where the political interests of the IP lie, at the very least. (Except, of course, videogames about WAR aren't political lmao)
And as there are so many younger people (many of who may read this forum), please do a little research on Reagan before you decide that he's the dog's bollocks because a video game told you he was.
America's 40th president was a lot of things: a right-wing talk radio host, a Hollywood actor, a Red Scare monger, a charismatic liar. A great leader wasn't one of them but for some reason Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War seems keen to revive that long-standing conservative fantasy.
I can also only guess why, in an otherwise cynical single-player campaign full of untrustworthy spies and conflicting truths, Treyarch and Raven Software chose to portray Reagan, whose legacy is now marked by scandal and disgrace even in many centrist circles, as a commander-in-chief of unimpeachable integrity and clear-sighted decision making.
Much more in the article, but yes. The glorification of Reagan in Cold War seems to me to smell an awful lot like right/alt-right fantasy and deification than a true-to-life depiction of a president embroiled in scandal, subterfuge and helping to create a society enveloped in class warfare. It's quite similar to how much of the UK seems to remember Winston Churchill, a man who, yes, got Britain through the war, but was also himself a roving racist and a despicable piece of shit.
This is clearly propaganda, and stupidly takes me back to the "Big Mama" conversation in MGS4 where she talks about how soldiers in PMCs in that universe were raised, trained and shaped entirely by FPS video games. I can't believe I'm saying that. Between bringing Kevin Spacey in (albeit before he was called-out, though I can't seem to find a single instance of Sledgehammer speaking out against him? Correct me if I'm wrong) to this depiction of Reagan, it seems clear to me where the political interests of the IP lie, at the very least. (Except, of course, videogames about WAR aren't political lmao)
And as there are so many younger people (many of who may read this forum), please do a little research on Reagan before you decide that he's the dog's bollocks because a video game told you he was.