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Far Cry 3 writer battles critics on Twitter, summons drug PSAs for defense

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Far Cry 3, with its torture scenes and male-and-male rape and its leading millennial star named Jason Brody, is positioned as a work of cultural critique, a meta-commentary on the addictive gameplay systems and unsightly tropes found in popular shooter videogames. We’ve written about that before. Bu
Crashing helicopters? Infinite enemies? Do games rely on too many tropes?

Crashing helicopters? Infinite enemies? Do games rely on too many tropes?

1 min read News
Like any other movement or medium, games are defined by the norms. Tune in to a country music radio station (we’re not suggesting this at all, by the way) and you’re guaranteed to hear a steel guitar, vocals that sound more like yodeling, and at least four songs about America. Turn on the tube and y