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Most Popular Video Games Are Dumb. Can We Stop Apologizing for Them Now?

This is a collection of all 3 recommendations for “Most Popular Video Games Are Dumb. Can We Stop Apologizing for Them Now?”. You’ll probably need 11 minutes to finish this text.

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Kim Schneider
Am I being too harsh? Am I asking too much? Should I just set down the controller and spend my time sipping port while reading 19th century French poetry if I'm so intellectually-frustrated with games?
Estimated reading time: 11 min
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  1. Kim Schneider

    Kim Schneider Word!

    May 11, 2012
Dominik Johann
Am I being too harsh? Am I asking too much? Should I just set down the controller and spend my time sipping port while reading 19th century French poetry if I'm so intellectually-frustrated with games?
Estimated reading time: 11 min
  1. Dominik Johann

    Dominik Johann After some controversy about his profile on Jon Blow, Taylor Clark explains why they both are fed up with "dumb" video games (and why we should be, too).

    May 11, 2012
Janis von Seggern
Out of the hundreds, if not thousands, of console and PC games that emerge from the dark and mysterious caves of development studios each year, only a handful are what a reasonable observer might call smart or artistic—a disturbingly low batting average by any metric. The rest are...well, as I said, they're typically pretty dumb.
Estimated reading time: 11 min