Robot Mercenaries and Corporate Power – The Dark Future of Video Games Seems Closer Everyday

Robot Mercenaries and Corporate Power – The Dark Future of Video Games Seems Closer Everyday: "Though the graphics of Armored Core V are mouth-wateringly gorgeous, the world of the game is very bleak. Surging human populations led to food and energy scarcity causing nations to be toppled and replaced by mega-corporations and their armies of mercenaries with customized armored robot vehicles. Yeesh. I’m not sure what’s more eye-opening: the dystopian future this world presents, or the fact that video games now have the budgets necessary to create graphics of this stunning caliber."