Yet a closer inspection of Activision Blizzard’s key staff and their connections to state power, as well as details gleaned from documents obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, reveal that Call of Duty is not a neutral first-person shooter, but a carefully constructed piece of military propaganda, designed to advance the interests of the U.S. national security state. [More]
Lemme know when the object is to take out “the greatest threat.”
I don’t have time to look into it, but I’d be curious to know if the Activision honchos hold the mutually exclusive positions of saying video games don’t influence real-world behavior and MAGA rhetoric causes violent hate attacks.
[Via bondmen]
