the covid—19 pandemic means the annual e3 games convention has done away with its usual physical event in favour of an online affair. i'm in london, not la, and there is an e3 event, of sorts, on. first out of the blocks this online—only e3 were ubisoft. they'd drafted in an actor who's broken bad and mopped up a mandalorian to star as the villain in their new game, far cry 6. these fish? giancarlo esposito is starring as anton castillo, the big bad running a fictional caribbean dictatorship in open world shooter far cry 6. the title's brought into sharp focus the issue of politics, or political themes, in games. the reality is, every piece of work you put out in the world is political to some degree. whether it's a film, a book, a tv show or game, far cry 6 is no different. so what interests me is — is, you know, what are we talking about? what themes are we hitting, you know? for example, we talk about the rise of fascism, we talk about human rights, we talk about imperialism — in the context of a revolution,