New Piece Up on The American Spectator

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My new piece is up on The American Spectator: “Video Games: The Latest Front in the Social Justice War.” I am very much appreciative to the Spectator‘s editorial staff for publishing my pieces about cultural issues that might not normally be on their readership’s radar.

If there are any certainties in life, they are death, taxes, and that your favorite hobby will be infiltrated and taken over by social justice warriors. We’ve already seen this in film, sports, novels, comic books, and role-playing games. Video games remain one of the last places where the social justice warrior cancer hasn’t fully metastasized.

It’s still there, though. Gamers revolted against the corrupt games journalism industry during the GamerGate controversy of 2014, but were not able to fully excise the cancer from their favorite pastime. Indeed, the SJW point of view persisted, and many of GamerGate’s chief antagonists saw their positions of power elevated and further entrenched. Still, the ride never ends: video game giants Electronic Arts and Ubisoft, as well as Google, Facebook, Microsoft, and the Anti-Defamation League recently partnered with nonprofit Raising Good Gamers to help foster the sort of gaming culture they think should exist. The Wild West days of the early internet are truly long gone.

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