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  • It does seem like you missed the point again. It didn’t criticize the common military game it critized the players of those games. It equated the consumption of media to the actual thing i.e. If you enjoy military shooters, you enjoy actual human suffering.

    This is blatantly false. The media we consume doesn’t have a real world impact on our actions or character. It is the same moral grandstanding video game players have had to endure since Mortal Kombat packaged in a more artistic manner.

    Also stating that anyone can criticize anything is a truism.


  • No the point of the game was pretty obviously that you, the player, are a bad person for wanting to enjoy media that portrays something as horrible as war. It’s made pretty clear toward the end with the loading screen “tips.”

    The game was marketed as just another military shooter in a time when the market was saturated with those and then did a bait and switch trying to shame the player for wanting to play just that. The whole point falls flat if you consider that as stated there are no real world effects of playing or enjoying violent media. It’s pure moral posturing and self righteous wank.















  • Faust223@lemmy.worldtoMemes@lemmy.mlStoner
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    1 year ago

    A person who goes out and gets absolutely wasted every single weekend is very much addicted to alcohol and probably an alcoholic. I don’t see how using weed would be any different.

    “oh I’ve got my heroin use under control. I only inject on fridays” absurd. Once a week is definitely an addiction.