[mothsonasloth]

This is just the ol' media favourite of "violent video games alters human behaviour" but flipped 180 and refreshed with a trendy climate wrapper.

Games for years have had dystopian, catastrophic and other themes. Sure they have inspired some people but on the whole I don't see how this would be anymore effective than:

- A climate crisis flyer handed out by a hippie looking person at an organic food market

- A saturday morning talkshow piece presenting on how a farmers fields are suffering drought

- A 24 hours news story on wildfires

"In one ear, out the other".

[dsfyu404ed]

> This is just the ol' media favourite of "violent video games alters human behaviour" but flipped 180 and refreshed with a trendy climate wrapper.

And the response of the people who are usually saying things like "piss off, CoD doesn't make people shoot up schools" when the "violent video games cause..." trope is brought up will say a lot about them.

Regardless of whether video games do or don't alter behavior in a practical sense we'll at least get to see who's logically consistent and who flip flops.

[crtasm]

What is logically inconsistent about the argument that games don't turn people into murderers, but can make them more aware of their connection to and effect on the world/their society/etc. and ways they could have a positive impact on them?

[ethanbond]

Eh I think there are at least a few notable differences compared to those list items. Most powerful one is storytelling. I’ve recently been reading a few books by naturalists (e.g. A Sand County Almanac, which is incredible) and that has changed my views far, far more effectively than any of the things you listed.

Other benefits video games might have even over a great story seem like they’d be notable: highly visual, and more interactive than books.