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I think it's interesting how civil rights photography is always in black and white despite the fact that color photography was not only available but downright common for several decades at that time.
I think it's utterly maddening that shit was in 1960. It wasn't "the olden days" or "the before times" it was 1960. That's fours years before the events of Metal Gear Solid 3. This shit isn't that old.
(For the record, I think the black and white photography capturing racism is thematically and aesthetically on point)
This is giving me an entirely new perspective on 1960 📦
Yeah, The Virtuous Mission and Operation Snake Eater both occur in 1964. 📦🐍
(For the record the only reason I have that knowledge off the top of my dome is because I have a print out of the MGS timeline on my nerd bookshelf. I used that print out for TTRPG writing sessions as well. Also I find the 60's cold war era to be a uniquely fascinating time as it's a confluence of so many interesting social and political movements. Most importantly of course, The Civil Rights era specifically due its influence on my life)
MGS themed TTRPG sounds awesome lol, I enjoyed a heavily modified Call of Cthulhu with twitter people a lot bc it was easy enough for everyone to contribute map recommendations by ripping real geography & locations