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Why I’m boycotting first-person shooters

Call it rash, call it dumb, call it outlandish, call it crazy, but I’m officially boycotting first-person shooters. Why? Because I’ve finally had enough of the video game industry and its laser focus on profit to the detriment of innovation and fun.

Understand something: I grew up in a world where video games were not only innovative and fun, but they weren’t derivative, they weren’t over-blown movie wannabes, and they absolutely were not multi-million dollar projects that required more business acumen than innovation.

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So for the past few years, I’ve quietly sat back and witnessed the video game industry sink into a rut that it’s unwilling to dig itself out of. Why have we been forced to sit through sequel after sequel of the same rehashed game with only a few improvements here and there? Why have we been forced to sit through countless sports, first-person shooter, and dumb adventure games? Why have we been forced to basically play the same old game when all we really want is to play something new, exciting, and unique?

And although I can boycott any derivative genre I want, first-person shooters have become the worst culprit of them all, and if I want to take my own personal stand in the little way I can, that’s the best place to do it.

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