It took two weeks, three consoles and four Redbox rentals for me to beat The Last of Us in 2013. Ten years later, I finished Season one of the TV adaptation in two days.
Whether it’s succumbing to grief and seeking revenge for a loved one, reclaiming your humanity in a journey to spread your wife’s ashes with your son, or discovering what it means to be human as artificial intelligence, video games can produce authentic and powerful emotions through stories we would otherwise be unable to live.
We instead must find authenticity in our narratives, instead of scraping for diversity that never even existed. Maybe then — finally — we can believe equality is more than a political agenda.
By Chloe Cramutola, Investigative Editor
• November 20, 2024
Stripping a woman of her sexiness does not make her more human. If game developers want women to pick up the joystick and actually talk about their games, developers need to drop the politically correct act that cancel culture has snuck into the media.
A company like Netflix or Amazon could surely succeed in their video gaming endeavors, but it doesn’t look like they will anytime soon. In my eyes, if big corporations want access to the gaming world, they’re going to have to care.
