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Message: [QUOTE="RageBurner, post: 23934, member: 5434"] A big part of this whole problem is that EVERYTHING is politicized these days, games included and they have been for a long time (though often in a negative light, in the past; some no name senator trying to get extra points with the media or a misguided representative of a certain game company... remember Night Trap?... yeah). Flashing forward a bit more, games have become a far more influential medium than most realize or are willing to admit, and that, by itself is both a blessing and a curse. As such, both sides of whatever argument is in vogue at the moment will use games to validate whatever point they are trying to make. Games nowadays have biases, agendas, plans and intents that go well beyond they used to, and in my opinion, also far beyond what is often reasonable, in some extreme cases. A very clear example of this systemic effect (I wanted to make a System Shock joke, oh well), is the overall reception to Dustborn. It's not a can of worms I'm willing to open here, but look it up. [/QUOTE]

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