Hugh Bliss = L. Ron Hubbard?
Okay, so maybe Scientology is going to baselessly sue the entire forum for this post, but I'm wondering if the character of Hugh Bliss was slightly based on Scientology, and its founder, L. Ron Hubbard.
Prismatology = Scientology
Emetics = Dianetics
Hypnotizing disbelievers = Giving "unfortunate accidents" to disbelievers
Max = Tom Cruise?
To those who don't know, Scientology has often been referred to as somewhat of a cult, and its founder has even been quoted as only making the religion to earn money from its believers.
Prismatology = Scientology
Emetics = Dianetics
Hypnotizing disbelievers = Giving "unfortunate accidents" to disbelievers
Max = Tom Cruise?
To those who don't know, Scientology has often been referred to as somewhat of a cult, and its founder has even been quoted as only making the religion to earn money from its believers.
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DUH!
Although I'm not sure if Max is Tom Cruise... unless I missed Max jumping up and down on that little White House couch.. :P
I think Hugh Bliss could be any cult leader really.
Message-wise, I would have to agree with a Scientology angle, but very subtle to avoid nasty lawsuits. They wouldn't have to sue if they weren't such a sham cult.
I think whilst the Primatology is clearly primarily based on Scientology - it doesn't take anything other than the vague history of scientology, and accusations and rumors that have been thrown at a wide range of new "religions". At least up until Episode 5 it's vague enough (most of the scientology links are based on, rather obvious, assumptions made by the player) - for instance the game never states that primatology is a "religion" (Ep 6 might - i don't know), it could just as easily be a general self help programme which Emetics is the book of, from what is explicit in the episodes. As such there probably isn't a strong enough link to prove defamation.