The commercial video games industry is more than 50 years old, yet there is still the sense that it is struggling to fi…

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“Play is an integral part of human evolution and learning,” she says, mentioning that this is a topic she covers in her book. “Gaming, being the most refined form of play in our time, has much to offer. Instead of focusing on what gaming is not, it’s more effective to showcase its true essence. The industry’s effort to create a more diverse range of games, beyond merely violent and intense ones, will help showcase the broad spectrum of gaming as an expression of creativity.”

  • DarkThoughts@fedia.io
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    5 months ago

    When the game goes to “body type A and body type B” they are erasing those people’s opportunity to feel represented in the game.

    Diversity does not mean removing options for a person to feel represented.

    No, they’re not. There literally was no option that got removed, just something changed to include more people than before.

    But thanks for proving my point. Maybe I shouldn’t give the Cybertruck defender the benefit of the doubt here.