Chapo trap house connection

[Saladofstones]

So does this game fall under Chapo's political views and messaging or does it just use the hosts as VAs?

[Amygdala]

How do you mean, I guess some of the devs might be Marxist-Leninists but the game isn't very hopeful about anything

[zona]

Robert Kurvitz, the lead writer and designer, is probably more left wing than most of the chapo boys.

[astarr]

As a syndicalist, I can really visualize the reality they give the political environment. Minor early, early game spoilers.

On racism, there's a couple of overt racist and anti-immigrant characters, and you yourself can become one, an anti-racist, or a kind of biological determinist racist.
On communism, it actually identifies what communism is and some of its real world history with fantasy and fictional placeholders, ie. there's a Marx character. There's characters that use anti-communist talking points that are fictitious in both the game's world and the real world its derived from.
On history and communism, there's a failed political revolution by communists that is reminiscent of The Storming of the Paris Bastille during the French Revolution, and Franco dictatorship after the CNT/FAI revolutions in Spain.
On sexism, there's characters who engage in sexual harassment and sexist behaviours that can either be encouraged, mimicked, or discouraged.

So, the game is in a political conversation. I think it might irk some reactionaries because the writers actually make political references they can't comprehend or even advocate the existence of.

But honestly, I dunno what a trapo chap house is so I don't know how close it is.