HotAirhttps://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/12/18/hey-lets-talk-about-video-game-violence/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 13:31:54 -0400Hey, let's talk about video-game violence<![CDATA[All this is to say that while uninformed anti-game sensationalism may be unproductive, gamers&#8217; reflexive defensiveness is worse. It&#8217;s prevented us from having a meaningful conversation about an industry that is emotionally and morally stunted, where per-title revenue can dwarf even the most successful films of all time but which seems immune from discussions of taste and artistic merit. A higher-up at one of the largest game publishers in the world once confided in me that when his bosses showed him early footage from a popular first-person shooter produced by another studio in the company, he couldn&#8217;t bring himself to watch to the end.]]>Tue, 18 Dec 2012 21:20:12 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/12/18/hey-lets-talk-about-video-game-violence-n98398