Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Chasing Realism - A Games Journalism Quandary" video.

  1. Upper Echelon Gamers : Honestly, you are the most switched on, articulate games journalists I’ve ever encountered. I discovered your channel a couple of weeks ago, and I’m so impressed. Somehow, these IGN people, are fine with passively watching Saving Private Ryan and Schindler’s List, with some of the grimmest imagery of war that can be imagined, but because they were, “passive,” they claim to be guilt free of voyeurism, or any other vicarious form of sheer, “entertainment?” Sure, if it’s SO, “real,” that they feel like they’re, “really shooting,” someone, and that’s too much for them, I get that. So, they can sit it out, and buy a game that doesn’t upset them. But, the brass ballery, of thinking, because they’re sensibilities are offended, “everyone else is going to feel just like me, including veterans,” is beyond arrogant, and seems to come from an insecure NEED to have everyone conform to their pale shadow of what they want from a gaming experience, or they’ll feel . . . “Lonely?” What makes them think they have a right to impose their will on others, in that mealy mouthed way? They pretend we’re, “all going to be offended,” when they are passive-aggressively URGING us to be offended, like teenagers. Usually, veterans are the very people they consult for these games, anyway, so I doubt they’ll get anything other than the usual, positive feedback, assuming the game itself turns out well? I sure don’t want inoffensive characters, incidents or gameplay. We pay for and demand the most faithful experience possible, as gamers, in the same way that movie goers do. There’s a time for vanilla family movies and games, and there’s a time for gritty, adults only movies and games. Time to let the hard working players decide what they want, and not be told it, by people who are not yet even in a position to judge ✌️
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