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Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez highlights (Among Us)
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- Title
- Is AOC sus? Top moments from Ocasio-Cortez's 'Among Us' Twitch stream
- Authors
- Washington Post
- Duration
- 9:42
- Published
- Oct 21 2020
I watched it too - and tbh it suckered me in pretty quick. As a PR move, one HELL of a choice of game and venue! Its SFW and at the same time about murder and betrayal meaning that it lures conservative news channels to talk about it too because of the obvious angle.
Watched the whole vod today. I think it was super funny. I’m also amazed how quickly she picked it up
Not a dis on AoC, but that's one of the reasons the game is so successful, is because it's so simplistic. They took a fairly popular concept (Mafia/Werewolf party game, of which there are dozens if not hundreds of variants) and put a sci-fi spin on it. They also wisely made it incredibly easy for people to pick up on, all of the "tasks" in the ship are very straight forward and offer a minimal distraction from the core gameplay, which is observing and interacting with other players. And they also made a free version on mobile so you can easily get your friends to play with you.
They did a lot of things right, and I'm really happy that a small indie team has gotten so much attention for a well made game.
I think it's the only Werewolf adaptation I've ever thought was well-suited to the time it takes to learn/play. In person or web forum takes on this game strike me as barely legible as games and read more like popularity contests, and tabletop board game adaptations usually boil down to some very dull truth table. Among Us is quick, sociable, casual -- just a great version of this thing.
This is great. Reminds me of Obama's appearance on Between Two Ferns, but clearly appealing to a younger audience.
I've been listening to Among Us streams as background audio recently so this is a treat.