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In reply to the discussion: what is it with DU's collective reluctance to criticize violent video games? [View all]jeff47
(26,549 posts)The games in the GTA series tell an anti-greed, anti-Drug-War, anti-violence story.
The game "Assassin's Creed 3" has you sneaking around and slitting people's throats. The story it tells is anti-corporatist, anti-corruption and how your violence didn't actually fix anything.
The "Gears of War" series of games has you lumbering around with giant guns shooting masses of people. The story it tells is anti-war and anti-global-warming.
The "Halo" series is a story about the evils of religious extremism and sectarian violence.
Just because you don't know the stories told in these games doesn't mean there are no stories told in these games.
If all you knew about Hamlet was the hero told a broken hearted girl to kill herself, and she does, you probably wouldn't have a positive opinion about it.