I find it interesting that (a) the noise around Sim City and (b) the stellar success of Minecraft as the "Indie Gem of the Decade" shows that amongst the really invested gamer community there is a HUGE draw towards NON VIOLENT/CREATIVE games that the industry has been lazy to acknowledge. the transient excitement of shooters have their audience.
Media may indulge your proclivities but as decades of female non-involvement in the industry have shown (in the past) they cannot create them. You cannot, for instance, expect a really stellar "Ponies with Barbie" game to turn a bunch of gamer guys into cross-dressing Bronies. (which would be awesome...)
It can, however, influence the emotional association you have with a given set of behaviors. And it would be totally fatuous to ignore the degree with which media - games and other A/V material - associate heroism with violence.
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I find it interesting that (a) the noise around Sim City and (b) the stellar success of Minecraft as the "Indie Gem of the Decade" shows that amongst the really invested gamer community there is a HUGE draw towards NON VIOLENT/CREATIVE games that the industry has been lazy to acknowledge. the transient excitement of shooters have their audience. Media may indulge your proclivities but as decades of female non-involvement in the industry have shown (in the past) they cannot create them. You cannot, for instance, expect a really stellar "Ponies with Barbie" game to turn a bunch of gamer guys into cross-dressing Bronies. (which would be awesome...) It can, however, influence the emotional association you have with a given set of behaviors. And it would be totally fatuous to ignore the degree with which media - games and other A/V material - associate heroism with violence.