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‘Battlefield 1’ accused of sexism and being too fun The culture critics are at it again, tearing down all we hold dear.
War is hell. And so is hearing social justice warriors air their grievances on the internet. So of course with the release of a hugely popular game like DICE’s World War 1 epic, Battlefield 1, we’re sure to get some hot takes that make you want to go off the grid for good. There was a long, tiresome debate during the development of the game because it would not include women soldiers in multiplayer. Sure you could play as an Arab women in single player, but that’s just tokenism. Who knew a game about a European land war in the early twentieth century wouldn’t be a pillar of diversity? DICE…
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Why is World War I too hot to touch for gaming? Hyper violent video games based on real wars are nothing new. But Battlefield 1 is creating a storm.
The new trailer for Battlefield 1 (the counterintuitive sequel to Battlefield 4) was released this week to overwhelmingly positive reviews. It was so well liked, in fact, that it garnered the distinction of being the most popular trailer in YouTube history. But while players were stoked for a game set in World War 1, a setting rarely touched by the genre, culture critics in the media and on Twitter found it in poor taste. After decades of ultra-violent video games depicting all sorts of travesties, apparently WW1 is the line in the sand for some critics. Guardian writer Alex Hern asks if it’s wrong to set a war game in the trenches…
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