
US president Donald Trump congratulates him over twitter. We cannot let wicked ideologies divide Brazilians,” he says, “ideologies that destroy our values and traditions, destroy our families, the foundation of our society,” It’s a nod to the culture war that he has used to catapult himself to power. “Free themselves from inverted values, big government, and the politically correct. “Today is the day that the people begin to free themselves from socialism,” Bolsonaro says after being sworn in. They wear Bolsonaro t-shirts and wave Brazilian flags. Turnout is lower than expected, but he’s still greeted by over 100,000 supporters. He’s wearing a dark suit and tie, and he’s in the back of a black antique convertible Rolls-Royce. The country’s new president, Jair Bolsonaro, rides into the ceremony through the streets of Brasilia. Michael Fox: January 1st, 2019: Inauguration Day. This podcast is produced in partnership between The Real News Network and NACLA. Hosted by Latin America-based journalist Michael Fox.

We’ll visit the birthplace of Brazilian Nazism, evangelical churches, and Indigenous villages in the Amazon. Over these six episodes we look at Bolsonaro’s far-right government that has set the country ablaze, and how the United States helped him do it. This is Brazil on Fire, a podcast about Brazil’s descent toward fascism under President Jair Bolsonaro. In this episode, we look at the fight to free former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva from prison, the corruption investigation that jailed him, the role of the United States, and what it all means ahead of the 2022 election, as Lula again leads in the polls. But that opponent was jailed on supposed corruption charges by a biased judge, six months out from the election, and blocked from running.

For most of that electoral season, someone else was ahead in the polls. Just look for the sloth signage.The election of president Jair Bolsonaro was never a foregone conclusion. You can find Battlesloths 2025 on the RTX convention floor. If the next game is as "dumb" as fighting sloths then we're in for a treat. After that, the question remains: How do you follow up such an off-the-wall concept? "I've got some other dumb ideas I'm kicking around," Johnson says. Invisible Collective hopes to make a similar splash at this year's RTX. The plan worked perfectly, and it wasn't long before they got an email officially offering to publish their game. "We used that opportunity to show how good of a party game we had," Johnson says. Even though the team was already in preliminary talks with Rooster Teeth Games, the Battlesloths crew went in with guns blazing. Excited by the opportunity, Invisible Collective ironically quickened the pace on their sloth game so they'd have something impressive for RTX 2016. It's a marketing team's dream, even if arming sloths to the teeth and encouraging them to kill with little prejudice isn't really on brand.Įnter Rooster Teeth, who know their fans well. Need proof? A line from "Middle Claws Up": "Move so slow gather lichens and moss/ cock back and squeeze when I'm up against the final boss." Additionally, there's no denying that sloths are having their moment in the pop culture spotlight. Even before Rooster Teeth expressed interest, they commissioned a rap song, a legit posse track. The Battlesloths team was not going to fall into the trap of having a quality product no one played. Indie games are, for better or worse, often passion projects that lack any real marketing strategy. Now to sell the idea to the public that might not realize it needs aggro sloths in their lives.

Take control of your sloth and face off against others for the largest portion of pizza using guns, lasers, blades, and, of course, your wits. Thank Invisible Collective's creative director Phillip Johnson for that counterintuitive stroke of genius. If you said sloths, then you have the same warped sense of logic as the makers of Rooster Teeth Games' first game, Battlesloths 2025: The Great Pizza Wars. You need that perfect balance of speed, excitement, and fun to ensure your multiplayer game's reception.

You're looking for compelling characters to populate a postapocalyptic, 2-D, run-and-shoot experience. Phillip Johnson throws up his game’s signature “claws up” pose.
