C'mon @zoesqwilliams, this is a terrible take, and pandering to an audience you know will lap up anti-gaming rhetoric.
Can we stop trading in long disproven tropes of games being pointless and concerns about their violence having negative consequences?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
Can we stop trading in long disproven tropes of games being pointless and concerns about their violence having negative consequences?
theguardian.com/commentisfree/…
There are fair points about the grind in some games, but you can raise concerns about mechanics without language dripping in derision and sarcasm.
I understand this a column, not news, but this is designed to stoke fear and outrage amongst a population already prone to that.
I understand this a column, not news, but this is designed to stoke fear and outrage amongst a population already prone to that.
"Is this a useful life lesson, to find meaning through shooting others?"
The research has shown time and time again this isn't the case. Including this language is incredibly problematic, reductive, and false.
Unless your reasoning was to generate clicks and pitchforks...
The research has shown time and time again this isn't the case. Including this language is incredibly problematic, reductive, and false.
Unless your reasoning was to generate clicks and pitchforks...
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