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11-30-2017, 02:01 AM
New free-to-play 'X-Files' game raises some red flags
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The game is called The X-Files: Deep State, and FoxNext is the publisher. Friends, this is what normalization looks like.
The actual game is a free-to-play "mystery investigation" for Android/iOS and Facebook. It's a tie-in for the incoming 11th season of The X-Files, which arrives on Jan. 3, 2018. The surface-details-only announcement (https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/28/foxnext-unveils-the-x-files-deep-state-mobile-game-coming-in-early-2018/) is exactly the sort of thing we'd normally skip right over, but that subtitle sets off alarm bells.
SEE ALSO: 'The X-Files' Season 11 trailer is all about Mulder and Scully's son, and we have so many questions (http://mashable.com/2017/10/08/the-x-files-season-11-trailer-mulder-scully-son-easter-eggs/)
For those who might not know, the "deep state" is a crackpot conspiracy theory often embraced by political extremists. It's also, in recent months, been a rallying cry wielded by controversial public figures like Donald Trump and his Minister of Propaganda Fox News host Sean Hannity. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/x-files-deep-state-normalization/)
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The game is called The X-Files: Deep State, and FoxNext is the publisher. Friends, this is what normalization looks like.
The actual game is a free-to-play "mystery investigation" for Android/iOS and Facebook. It's a tie-in for the incoming 11th season of The X-Files, which arrives on Jan. 3, 2018. The surface-details-only announcement (https://venturebeat.com/2017/11/28/foxnext-unveils-the-x-files-deep-state-mobile-game-coming-in-early-2018/) is exactly the sort of thing we'd normally skip right over, but that subtitle sets off alarm bells.
SEE ALSO: 'The X-Files' Season 11 trailer is all about Mulder and Scully's son, and we have so many questions (http://mashable.com/2017/10/08/the-x-files-season-11-trailer-mulder-scully-son-easter-eggs/)
For those who might not know, the "deep state" is a crackpot conspiracy theory often embraced by political extremists. It's also, in recent months, been a rallying cry wielded by controversial public figures like Donald Trump and his Minister of Propaganda Fox News host Sean Hannity. Read more... (http://mashable.com/2017/11/29/x-files-deep-state-normalization/)
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