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[โ€“] Awoo@hexbear.net 10 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

It's probably time to start including videogames in English or whatever class covers media literacy. Not just movies and books.

[โ€“] insurgentrat@hexbear.net 13 points 1 month ago

Can you imagine the backlash though? From chuds and boomers alike.

I spend too much of my life in games (board, social, or video I play them all!) and I really do wish more people who enjoy them were interested in critical analysis of them. Outside of gamedev circles and weird youtube channels asking "why is this being presented the way it is?" is a technique for speedrunning slur%. Especially if a game is non, or non traditional, narrative. Like I dare you to try analyse the themes of slay the spire or whatever on the subreddit haha.