"The Pokémon Company didn't do anything about it , so I guess whoever's on the DHS' social accounts is feeling brave enough to keep using video game imagery to try and promote ICE and recruit people to its cause, because it's now using imagery and language days after Halo Studios announced the original game is being remade and ported to PlayStation ."
"The replies are full of the same memetic bullshit you often see on such posts that shows some people view uprooting other people's lives (or worse) as something to cheer for and encourage the way you might celebrate a sports team's championship win. The broader context of the Trump Administration using Xbox and Microsoft's imagery for a stupid recruitment ad, however, shows the rot runs much deeper."
The Department of Homeland Security posted Halo imagery and the phrase "Finishing this fight" on its X account, pairing an image that reads "Destroy the Flood" with a link to the ICE recruitment website. The post mirrors a prior instance that used Pokémon anime music over footage of ICE agents arresting undocumented people, after which the Pokémon Company did not intervene. Replies to the Halo post contain celebratory memes that treat deportations like a victory. The timing follows Halo Studios' remake and PlayStation port announcement. Microsoft has been noted for donations to Trump-related causes amid use of Xbox imagery.
Read at Kotaku
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