In news that could have a tangible effect on the upcoming presidential aspirations of current U.S. Vice President and presumptive Democratic candidate Kamala Harris, a link between the politician and the shadowy governmental organisation known as the Federal Bureau of Control has resurfaced.
Discovered when Remedy Entertainment released Control in 2019, politically minded players quickly pointed out the striking resemblance between Harris and a missing FBC employee known as Jane Farland (thanks, Eurogamer). In-game, a picture of the missing 40-year-old Farland is visible in The Oldest House, and with the electoral spotlight on Harris, the spooky "coincidence" has again caused a stir.
Independent journalist Stephen Totilo tackled the subject for Game File, his industry newsletter. He whipped up the comparison below and confirmed the location of the eerie image (on a whiteboard near an elevator in the Central Executive hub). So far, the reporter's attempts to get a comment from Remedy have been met with stony, predictable silence, possibly on the order of the Biden administration.
Eurogamer's Matt Wales posits that the image is likely a slightly altered picture of Harris from her tenure as a US senator, which is most likely in the public domain and, therefore, fair game. We don't know how things would go if the character of Farland reappeared in Control 2, especially with the possibility of Harris as president then. Still, we'll keep an eye on this situation for any developments.
[source reddit.com, via gamefile.news, eurogamer.net]
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Kamala for president all the way!
If you didn't want me to go there you wouldn't have posted this.
Sam Lake bringing the Alan Wake shared universe meta into reality and exposing the deep state 🤣
Some ideas for Control 2:
This article is surely not gonna have the comments go wild.
Cool...
Totally adds to the fun of the game.
@Balie3000
"Donald Trump's campaign rally turns into a boss fight, similar to what happens in the Bob Barbas fight in DmC"
Except with a far more orange colour scheme!
@Rich33 And bullets flying around!
@Enuo It would be such a f-you to the right if she wins, a woman and a woman of colour beating Trump would be brilliant.
Yeah, yeah, it's humor and all. But given that a good number of Trump-supporters are conspiracy theorists (even here in Germany many of those ***** see him as some kind of messiah), who are to dumb and to lazy to read beyond some lurid headlines, this is not the most clever choice for an article or at least headline.
For example, over here, a left newspaper once wrote a satirical article how left extremists get beer and busses funded by the government to drive to their demonstrations and actions. And to this day, some right wing idiots state and spread this as fact.
They can't differentiate a stone from a turd. And when they wan't to believe something they believe it. No need to give them some more ***** to feed their bigot members with.
And don't tell me, I'm exeggerating. The pandemic has shown the endless stupidity of mankind on an unseen level.
Comments about to go wild🤣
Jesse Faden for president.
@DennisReynolds That is also true in reverse though. "Americans choose convicted criminal over woman of color" says just as much.
I'd really like it if Kamala won. I'm a single issue voter. I don't want the world to end. All this is really funny and sad, the whole dystopian future we are definitely just doing. I saw an article about how some of the right is claiming that the failure of the Secret Service to protect Trump was a DEI issue. In that same article, a woman agent was in front of Trump, shielding him with her body...dotdotdot...
The whole post-truth future we are living in is exhausting.
Anyway! Super happy people are being civil here! I'm sure it will last.
@LifeGirl Right after they bought a thin blue line bumper sticker and "Back the Blue" shirt, even though Kamala was a cop, lol. I honestly think Trump's success is due to him being a reality tv "star" and prosperity gospel. I don't know. I don't get it, lol. Guy seems kind of terrible.
Break out the popcorn!
So you're saying, even if Trump ends up president again, she could still make a comeback as Director? Deep State is where the real power lies! 🤪
This will definitely be picked up and fed into the Q-anon bollocks - the Trump gang are already desperately scrambling for anything they can use against her (also ***** the wannabe orange dictator)
America needs Trump back in the Whitehouse, not long now...🤞
@DennisReynolds It would be a big F you to the left as well. Nobody voted for her to be their candidate. Just a bunch of rich elitists and we all clap like seals.
@Contimaloris Exactly. As a non-American, it's incredible to see how people on both sides are completely blinded to what is really happening on their own side. The lack of self-reflection and the constant projection is bringing their country close to the precipice, and their media is only helping.
And with the 2 candidates on offer (if no one else is assassinated or fired until the election), there's no end to this cycle of delusion in sight.
@Deljo not sure if serious...
@Contimaloris throughout her political career, she has received more than 100 million votes. The reaction so far has been very positive, as opposed to Teresa May, Lizz Truss or Rishi Sunak in the UK. I think most Democrats are more than happy with her as their candidate.
@LN78 haha. Well said. Don't forget nuking hurricanes to stop them.
@LN78 You do realize that there are people who hate Trump AND Kamala? It is totally possible that NOBODY is representing the people don't you think?
@Migoshuro and so many far left conspiracy theorists believe the Trump assassination attempt was staged.....
Both sides have their loonies. Not everyone on the left or the right and conspiracy nuts.
@LikelySatan the world was a far safer place when Trump was on charge. No threats from Russia, North Korea or China.
@Deljo Can't wait for you that he can now kill off the poor classes. Maybe some more tax cuts for Elon and Bill. Womenrights back to the stoneage Amerika the Middle East of the west just more greedy and for war.
Knew I was right not to trust them! RFK Jr. all the way! No seriously I'm so done with both major parties at this point. Trump, Kamala, two sides of the same coin as far as I'm concerned.
@WhiteRabbit That’s that bloody Roald Dahl villain head teacher with the litter boxes nonsense. Cannot imagine having her anywhere near a school.
@naruball She's as thick as a brick. And has a terrible record as a prosecutor. She came out of the race for nominee with zero points. No one liked her then and when she opens her mouth, people will remember why.
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@Enuo shes a joke.funny to see all the media out their support towards her when her record sucks. She was put in charge of the border and now they're trying to say she wasn't, just a complete joke.
@LikelySatan Trump's success is from having a great economy, strong border and overall great politics. Biden and Harris policies have destroyed the U.S.
@starbuck2212 it's funny to see the media trying to rewrite history with her. No one has ever liked her, she was less popular than Biden. Tulsi ended her run in 2020.
@Almost_Ghostly Let me guess : you see yourself as a tolerant and open-minded person, am I right?
@starbuck2212 sure, buddy.
Thanks for all your comments everyone! Ultimately, while we posted this in good faith, we can already see the comments are likely to stray from Control and focus more on the upcoming election.
For that reason, and because we don't really have the manpower to moderate such a sensitive topic, we're going to disable the comments from here.
Thanks for reading!
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