Video games are political. Always have been, always will be, just like any art form. However, some are clearly more political than others, and In Liz We Trust? wears its politics proudly on its sleeve.
In Liz We Trust? is a satirical takedown of new UK Prime Minister Liz Truss, the Conservative MP for South West Norfolk. The pixelated platformer was spotted by NME and you play as Truss herself as she climbs the echelons of British society, stealing coins (they're rings, really) from hard-working homes in an attempt to deliver them to the City of London.
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All the while, she has to avoid several obstacles that have gotten in her way in her short term. There's Sir Keir Starmer, the leader of the Labour party and the Tories' prime opposition - though recently he's had all the tenacity of a dead fish - fellow Tory Michael Gove who's voiced fiercer opposition to her than Starmer, Andrew Bailey, the governor of the Bank of England which has had to step in to prevent a financial crisis in the UK, and BBC Radio Lancashire presenter Graham Liver who is one of many regional journalists who has taken the Prime Minister to task better than any mainstream media outlet in the country.
Funnily enough, in all of my playthroughs it's been Liver who's beaten me. Whenever he falls from the sky and plonks on poor Liz's head, he mockingly asks, "Do you know actually where Preston New Road is?" Referencing her confusing stance on fracking.
It's one of many funny sound bites put into the game. When you load it up, Truss states, "I have three priorities for our economy: growth, growth, and growth!" Since she has taken office she and Chancellor of the Exchequer (the one in charge of the
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