Activision and Call of Duty are definitely culpable in being fronts for the US military recruitment and should be held to task for that. The military realised it was way more cost effective to just fund CoD rather than keep trying to make their own game, which they did before too.
The “causes shootings” angle though doesn’t really track, because that is still largely a USian problem. If one of the most popular games in the world was causing those shootings, it would be a nigh-on global issue.
We could definitely have a conversation about how much violence pervades media in general, but I don’t think video games are uniquely problematic in that regard. Heck, I spent part of my time gaming this weekend growing crops and handing out gifts to people. Yet I am not rushing out to become a farmer.
Activision and Call of Duty are definitely culpable in being fronts for the US military recruitment and should be held to task for that. The military realised it was way more cost effective to just fund CoD rather than keep trying to make their own game, which they did before too.
The “causes shootings” angle though doesn’t really track, because that is still largely a USian problem. If one of the most popular games in the world was causing those shootings, it would be a nigh-on global issue.
We could definitely have a conversation about how much violence pervades media in general, but I don’t think video games are uniquely problematic in that regard. Heck, I spent part of my time gaming this weekend growing crops and handing out gifts to people. Yet I am not rushing out to become a farmer.