‘Watch Dogs 2’: Is It Spoofing The Tech Giants And Silicon Valley Work Culture?
"Watch Dogs 2" has caught enough attention with its excellent reviews and genitalia gaffe. Now, it brings the attention for spoofing the techies of Silicon Valley. The game plot was revealed much earlier that it is the story of a group of hackers. Interestingly, the hackers are mostly targeting tech giants as they found to be exploiting citizen's data. Some of the scenes in the Watch Dogs 2 found to be spoofing tech giants and their employees.
In the scenes of Watch Dogs 2, gamers can see a pair of shorts costs few hundreds of dollars. There is also voice-over of technical terms used by techies. The game has a character similar to pharmaceutical executive Martin Shkreli, named Gene Carcani. He likes to rap and a pharmaceutical businessman. The hackers of DedSec fakes Carcani and offers an exclusive album of his favorite rapper. But, Carcani doesn't get the album and the money goes to charity.
Good thing #Wrench is asleep or he'd be freaking the hell out... #PuppiesAreEvil
Another lovely piece of #WatchDogs2 fanart by @ibahibut ! pic.twitter.com/bqohMOyGwS— Shawn Baichoo (@ShawnBaichoo) November 17, 2016
Similarly, Watch Dogs 2 spoofs Google as Nudle by depicting that Nudle Maps is used to navigate, frequent news update that gives things around including financial information, stock market etc. The gamers are allowed to visit the Nudle campus and it has created quite similar to what the tech giant offers. Gamers can buy Nudle T-shirts, business meetings in closed rooms, self-driving cars in the parking area etc. are seen on the campus.
Another one that mentioned in Watch Dogs 2 is SpaceX programs. In the advanced stages of Watch Dogs 2, gamers can hack the private satellites of Galilei Corporation, a private firm which has great plans including settlements in mars. The office of the firm has wall-posts with inspirational quotes and has red security lasers.The game also depicts technology advances like 3D printer.
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Uber also caught in Watch Dogs 2 as there are two apps mentioned in the game. The first app is used to call upon the purchased car or bike through the app and it will appear near the gamer's location instantly. It could be an exaggeration of what transport service provider offers. The second app is letting gamers to become drivers as a sideline story.
Instagram also quite well plotted in Watch Dogs 2; the game-plot shows an app called Scout, which allows gamers to take selfies. Interestingly, selfies from specific landmarks would gift rewards. Also, the co-hackers and friends of the particular hacker can tease with comments, put stickers etc.
