“We’re the bad guys in The Hunger Games.”
June 15, 2025 12:38 PM   Subscribe

An acquaintance checks their phone; apparently the police just deployed tear gas. I check my phone, too. Oh no, I realize, I have to leave. For my video game appointment. I turn to tell the friend I accompanied to this immense Sunday, June 8 protest, a games journalist I will not name because they were out marching during work hours. “Me too,” they reply. “I’ve got one in, like, 40 minutes.”
[...] The crowd goes wild. I feel like I’m on a different planet than I was less than an hour ago. Welcome to Summer Game Fest. Also, American society is collapsing, so welcome to that, too.
The Summer (Game Fest) Before The Fall (Of America)
posted by simmering octagon (3 comments total) 3 users marked this as a favorite
 
“To make a game… you have to be deeply empathetic, almost by default, because you're making something for someone else to experience,” he says. “But on the player side, you're used to being centered in the game. You become the center of that experience. So I think it changes something in your head: The entitlement manifests to such an extent because that's your default.
Huh! More or less or different than novel readers? More or less or different than movie watchers?
posted by clew at 2:28 PM on June 15


More. You are an external viewer in books and movies. You are connected but its not you. In games it is your story and you expect control and reactivity.
posted by Lord_Pall at 2:35 PM on June 15 [8 favorites]


I've seen so many motherfuckers treat strangers in public like NPCs these days.....
posted by lalochezia at 2:41 PM on June 15 [5 favorites]


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