Tonight, I have finished probably one of the best games that I’ve played in the past two years, Detroit: Become Human.
The story is well layered and follows 3 protagonists on their journey to achieve freedom. Markus, coming from a home of a wealthy artist in Lance Henriksen’s Carl Manfred. Markus and Carl have a father/son relationship, despite Markus being an android.
Kara, who is an AX400 android model designed to take care of children and household duties (cooking, cleaning, etc)
Connor, a specialist range of android designed to assist in Police investigations – who is hunting deviant androids (think Ryan Gosling’s character in Blade Runner 2049)
There are a number of important topics and themes covered in the game such as racism, (sexual) minorities, biased media coverage and fear mongering. In this article in particular I wanted to write about Kara, and some of the media coverage that has been garnering attention to the game.