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7/24/2025, 7:43:27 AM
>>716288312
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>>716281757
>>716280503
In my experience, nobody, be it mexicans/guatemalans, white people, or japanese devs, or or be it left wing or right wing people, actually give much of a shit about handling Mesoamerica well. Most of them simply don't even know better to realize most media depictions are super off, I've seen plenty of interviews with lefty people claiming to be handling it "respectfully" and it's still generic stereotypical stuff that people would find offensive for any other cultural group, or they'll try to debunk right wingers (who in turn are just posting misinfo, knowingly or not, about Mesoamerica to tie into modern culture war race nonsense) but don't actually even realize that the info they're trying to respond to is wrong and instead just go "but the spanish were just as bad/worse!" (which to be clear I don't have a real opinion on or give a shit about either way: It's fine if you think the Aztec were worse as long as you're basing that assessment off accurate information)
The only people who care are nerds and academics, though i'd say over the past 8ish years we've increasingly seen more projects actually be decently well researched, and to be honest I think that's at least in part due to my friend group obsessively posting info and better artistic reconstructions on every online platform possible
On that note please watch the upcoming Aztec Batman movie (pic), and buy/read Codex Black, >>716280949 etc. All are upcoming or ongoing releases that are well done.
>>716282325
>The national instrument is a whistle used in rituals that makes blood-curdling screams
The idea of the whistles making screaming sounds is mostly bullshit (also IDK even what a "national instrument" would mean in the context of Mesoamerican civilizations, that wasn't a concept they had). I've never seen an academic source make that claim until a recent paper which only referenced it within the context of alluding to said online rumors.
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>>716281757
>>716280503
In my experience, nobody, be it mexicans/guatemalans, white people, or japanese devs, or or be it left wing or right wing people, actually give much of a shit about handling Mesoamerica well. Most of them simply don't even know better to realize most media depictions are super off, I've seen plenty of interviews with lefty people claiming to be handling it "respectfully" and it's still generic stereotypical stuff that people would find offensive for any other cultural group, or they'll try to debunk right wingers (who in turn are just posting misinfo, knowingly or not, about Mesoamerica to tie into modern culture war race nonsense) but don't actually even realize that the info they're trying to respond to is wrong and instead just go "but the spanish were just as bad/worse!" (which to be clear I don't have a real opinion on or give a shit about either way: It's fine if you think the Aztec were worse as long as you're basing that assessment off accurate information)
The only people who care are nerds and academics, though i'd say over the past 8ish years we've increasingly seen more projects actually be decently well researched, and to be honest I think that's at least in part due to my friend group obsessively posting info and better artistic reconstructions on every online platform possible
On that note please watch the upcoming Aztec Batman movie (pic), and buy/read Codex Black, >>716280949 etc. All are upcoming or ongoing releases that are well done.
>>716282325
>The national instrument is a whistle used in rituals that makes blood-curdling screams
The idea of the whistles making screaming sounds is mostly bullshit (also IDK even what a "national instrument" would mean in the context of Mesoamerican civilizations, that wasn't a concept they had). I've never seen an academic source make that claim until a recent paper which only referenced it within the context of alluding to said online rumors.
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7/15/2025, 3:33:14 AM
>>715448435
>>715448538
>>715448616
>>715456234
>>715481563
based, this also has my approval, it's very stylized but does so from a place of being informed and mostly well researched. I love how each location is based on a specific real world Aztec city and has some of their landmarks, that enemies explode into hummingbirds when they die as a reference to soldiers being reborn as them in the afterlife, etc
There's no other decently well researched Mesoamerican action games (Marlow Briggs and the Mask of death is basically slop as far as it's authenticity is concerned, but is a bafflingly solid action game for it's price), but for other genres check out Tlatoani: Aztec Cities, Expedition Conquistador, Sixth Sun by saveslothstudio, Plus Ultra Legado, , Ancient Talke: ixkik' by Roddanchill, etc
Also for non game media, Onyx Equinox, Zotz (the comic) and Dream Rider, Codex Black, the upcoming Aztec batman film (see webm), Necahual, and Maya and the Three
t. mesoanon
>>715448538
>>715448616
>>715456234
>>715481563
based, this also has my approval, it's very stylized but does so from a place of being informed and mostly well researched. I love how each location is based on a specific real world Aztec city and has some of their landmarks, that enemies explode into hummingbirds when they die as a reference to soldiers being reborn as them in the afterlife, etc
There's no other decently well researched Mesoamerican action games (Marlow Briggs and the Mask of death is basically slop as far as it's authenticity is concerned, but is a bafflingly solid action game for it's price), but for other genres check out Tlatoani: Aztec Cities, Expedition Conquistador, Sixth Sun by saveslothstudio, Plus Ultra Legado, , Ancient Talke: ixkik' by Roddanchill, etc
Also for non game media, Onyx Equinox, Zotz (the comic) and Dream Rider, Codex Black, the upcoming Aztec batman film (see webm), Necahual, and Maya and the Three
t. mesoanon
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