A Note on Violence in Video Games
/Almost every fantasy-related cultural phenomenon of which I’ve been a participant has had to endure attacks from people who cast doubts on the ability of regular people to distinguish between fantasy and reality. It’s that doubt that produces convenient cultural scapegoats, a list of which conveniently includes just about everything I’ve used to stimulate my imagination since I was a kid – rock music, roleplaying games, comic books, movies, television, novels, toys – video games are just one entry on a much larger list. I don’t expect the culture warriors to stop attacking them anytime soon.
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