4 chapters across the catalog
Ellen DeGeneres is facing a "noodle gun" attack from BuzzFeed over claims of a toxic work environment, which the hosts trace back to her hanging out with George W. Bush. Other targets include Ubisoft executives and Cisco employees fired for questioning BLM. Additionally, a New York Times article about "black wine professionals" is critiqued for finding racism in an encounter where a customer failed to recognize a shop owner.
A military producer informs the hosts that four GIGN (Groupe d'Intervention de la Gendarmerie Nationale) officers were involved in the response to the Paris attacks. The discussion shifts to the eerie similarity between the real-world events and the Ubisoft video game "Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege," which features GIGN units rescuing hostages from terrorists in Paris. The hosts remark on the late author's tendency to be ahead of geopolitical events.
The trailer for the upcoming video game "Rainbow Six Patriots" features a scene where a banker is kidnapped and executed with an explosive belt. This imagery is analyzed as a form of "sublimation," allowing players to vent frustrations against the financial elite through virtual violence. The game is viewed as part of a broader trend of preconditioning and desensitization regarding civil unrest and domestic terrorism.
Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon and Military Recruitment
The 2001 video game *Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon* is highlighted for its "prediction" of a 2008 conflict in the Republic of Georgia involving Russian ultra-nationalists. The discussion explores the link between Ubisoft, the U.S. Army's *America's Army* game, and the use of video games as training and recruitment tools for children.
