There are so many things you can learn from video games. Over the years, games have taught us about history, socio-political issues, and even how to fly. Assassin's Creed Origins even had an entire teaching tool for ancient Egypt. Languages are another thing that games can teach us, and Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 is giving us French classes.
Clair Obscur is a French game made by a French team, and that dynamic is too rare.
The game's post apocalyptic depiction of Paris is beautiful as it is horrifying, and the French influence permeates through the entire game. Characters' names and even certain words are evidently French. However, it seems one cuss word has really stuck with fans of the game. You guessed it – Putain.
The word 'putain' is a derogatory way to call someone a prostitute. While we don't hear it much in Lumiere, we hear it a lot from the expedition members when they're fighting Nevrons on the continent. It seems the word has become quite popular after the launch of the game. I don't mean just as a meme, people are actually looking it up.
According to Google Trends, the number of searches for the word 'Putain'...
