Games @sh.itjust.works stopthatgirl7 @kbin.social 7 mo. ago

Gaza conflict embroils Game Awards

More than 70 recipients of The Game Awards' Future Class are calling for a statement to be read at next week's The Game Awards, on their behalf, in solidarity with Palestinians in Gaza, amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.

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Hell yeah, free Palestine! Meanwhile the US Congress passed a resolution conflating anti-zionism to antisemitism. Associating peoples of Judaism to a state hellbent on genocide seems the antisemitic action.
- Did they? They voted on a resolution that affirms Israel's right to exist. Can you show the part of the resolution that conflates anti-zionism with antisemitism?
  
  I'm not arguing for the resolution or anything, I just don't see what you see.
  
  Reaffirming Israel's right to exist is the literal Zionism.
  
  This resolution puts the House of Representatives on record as affirming the State of Israel’s right to exist. It recognizes that denying Israel’s right to exist is a form of anti-Semitism. It rejects calls for Israel’s destruction and the elimination of the only Jewish state and condemns the October 7 Hamas-led terrorist attack on the State of Israel and its people. >
  
  https://www.congress.gov/118/crec/2023/11/28/169/195/CREC-2023-11-28-pt1-PgH5923.pdf
Good
eh.. stick to games
- eh… stick to games
  
  So games portraying war in the middle east should be banned from the awards?
  
  No, only games that suck should be banned. Portray whatever you want, just don't get involved in current politics ideally. I consider every game to be an alternate reality, even if it mentions recent events.
- I miss back when games weren't so political all the time. Give me back my BioShock, Fallout, Metal Gear, quit producing political garbage!!!
- Shut up and dribble amiright
- Don't wanna think about innocent men women and children been murdered. M'uh gaaaammmez!
  
  It's just not the medium for it. I read plenty of news, and I really don't need a rehash of all that in everything I'm interested in.
  
  If I want news, I'll watch/read news. If I want games, I'll play games and follow gaming news. It's possible to stay informed without current events being constantly shoved in your face.
  
  I get wanting to raise awareness, but there really isn't a lot of overlap between current events and video games. Some games portray current events, or at least something similar to current events, but the focus in a gaming event should be the game, not the current events.
- Yes.
Fuck that.
Can we not bring that into this?
- Can we not fund genocides? No? Then we gotta bring that into this
- Everything's political.
- We can

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