“Gallipoli Review: Beautiful, Brutal, and Fun.” This was IGN’s breathlessly enthusiastic title for its coverage of the recent Gallipoli game. It does my head in that, at a time where American military adventurism has it engage in illegal, utterly immoral warfare in Iran, destabilising the entire planet in the process,…
Read MoreGallipoli underscores, yet again, the irresponsibility of the games industry regarding war
“Gallipoli Review: Beautiful, Brutal, and Fun.” This was IGN’s breathlessly enthusiastic title for its coverage of the recent Gallipoli game. It does my head in that, at a time where American military adventurism has it engage in illegal, utterly immoral warfare in Iran, destabilising the entire planet in the process, the leading video game criticism website runs totally uncritical coverage for a game that, whether intentional by the developers or not, is manufacturing consent for the conditions that allows America to continue to do this to the world. Is Gallipoli fun? Who the hell cares? What is far more important…