[Karunamon]

Why?

Part of the appeal of games is harmlessly doing things that shouldn't/can't be done in real life. I think the millions of 'people' I've 'killed' across various bloodsport-themed FPSes over the last couple decades is a greater evil if we're talking about shoehorning IRL morals into consequence-free virtual spaces. And if you disagree, why? Is mass murder not worse?

Maybe I'm just oversensitive to moralizing in video games, but this line of argument was no less tired over a decade ago.

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[shmageggy]

Let me ask you the converse: would you be comfortable playing a game that roleplays racism? If not, why?

[wyre]

I think it’s because we all know murder is wrong and the FPS genre wouldn’t exist as we know it without that factor. In contrast, colonialism and racism, unfortunately, still garners support.

There is no support for video games glorifying rape. There shouldn’t be support for video games glorifying colonialism or racism.