I mean I would argue Doom 2016 also has a pretty clear message about environmentalism. Corporation finds new energy source, but when it’s discovered what serious consequences it has they just cover it up and pretend nothing’s wrong.
For the record I passed college level art history – Renaissance history, the year Brotherhood launched due in no small part to time spent in greater Italy(AC2)/Rome(ACB) as Ezio. I shit you not, the amount of historically accurate depictions of art and architecture from that era in that game is next level.
Metal Gear Solid 2 is sadly becoming a true prophecy.
It’s all about control of media, context, and information now. It has infiltrated every part of our lives. Now politicians and social sites use it to sway opinions, governments use it to keep info from it’s people, all of it.
Ori, the witness, subnautica, vanishing of Ethan carter. There are so many examples of games that enrich lives. Games have always just been an easy target for the old and ignorant.
Let’s not forget that every game also builds reading comprehension, decision making, reflexes, hand eye coordination, map reading, basic number crunching with attributes, philosophical decision making using moral conpass, advanced vocabulary, countless pop culture references, deductive reasoning. Did I miss any?
Stabby violence, sneaky espionage violence, and violence with extra violence on the side. I feel like if you wanted examples of games that teach about things other than violence, you had much better examples to choose from. Yeah, there’s legit things to learn in them, but I feel like most people aren’t there for that.
This was a popular opinion with the media in the late 90’s to 2000’s maybe even early 2010’s but nowadays I rarely see the media push this narrative it’s usually just dumb Karen’s on social media that say videogames teach violence.
I played videogames all my life, but I must be getting old and be having some Kids Next Door level transformation into an adult, because I could have sworn these games are not explicit counter-examples of the violent videogame trope.
There are WAAAAYY more innocent looking videogames to pick from for the punchline.
Yeah… Doom… A place with no violence
Skyrim taught me how to shout at anybody so that they fly into the moon
I mean I would argue Doom 2016 also has a pretty clear message about environmentalism. Corporation finds new energy source, but when it’s discovered what serious consequences it has they just cover it up and pretend nothing’s wrong.
Assassin’s Creed inspired me to lean italian
For the record I passed college level art history – Renaissance history, the year Brotherhood launched due in no small part to time spent in greater Italy(AC2)/Rome(ACB) as Ezio. I shit you not, the amount of historically accurate depictions of art and architecture from that era in that game is next level.
Metal Gear Solid 2 taught me that nothing is true.
I set off a dirty bomb in Detroit become human.
Metal Gear Solid 2 is sadly becoming a true prophecy.
It’s all about control of media, context, and information now. It has infiltrated every part of our lives. Now politicians and social sites use it to sway opinions, governments use it to keep info from it’s people, all of it.
Religious conservatives hate Doom because it has demons.
I like it because it shows that the demons can be beaten.
*Laughs in Age of Empires and Civ*
Ori, the witness, subnautica, vanishing of Ethan carter. There are so many examples of games that enrich lives. Games have always just been an easy target for the old and ignorant.
MGS2 taught me not to sit too close to the TV and that I had been playing for a long time
God damn I miss old school campy MGS
Let’s not forget that every game also builds reading comprehension, decision making, reflexes, hand eye coordination, map reading, basic number crunching with attributes, philosophical decision making using moral conpass, advanced vocabulary, countless pop culture references, deductive reasoning. Did I miss any?
I don’t think those are the best examples.
Stabby violence, sneaky espionage violence, and violence with extra violence on the side. I feel like if you wanted examples of games that teach about things other than violence, you had much better examples to choose from. Yeah, there’s legit things to learn in them, but I feel like most people aren’t there for that.
Fuck Hell
Media bad videogames good amirite
Edit: not defending or agreeing with the concept the media presents, just hate this type of karma farming
Does doom really teach more than just violence. I dont understand this meme
Sons of Liberty was such a fucking masterpiece.
Seriously, if there’s one game no one should have a problem with it’s Doom
It also teaches us a Italian Plumber, created by a Japanese person,will do anything to find The Princess.
This was a popular opinion with the media in the late 90’s to 2000’s maybe even early 2010’s but nowadays I rarely see the media push this narrative it’s usually just dumb Karen’s on social media that say videogames teach violence.
Is there a point to this image? OP agrees with media that games teach killing? Is this supposed to be a good position?
These are some of the worst examples to make this point with
…what?
OP seems confused
I played videogames all my life, but I must be getting old and be having some Kids Next Door level transformation into an adult, because I could have sworn these games are not explicit counter-examples of the violent videogame trope.
There are WAAAAYY more innocent looking videogames to pick from for the punchline.
Assassjin’s Creed, the game where 90% of the dev time is spent on killing animations
Isn’t assassins creed a game about straight up murdering people who disagree with your political ideology?
They also teach us about
#Nanomachines, son#
I loved all the pacifism in doom and assassin’s Creed you just negotiate and talked about your feelings instead of killing people