Jeffrey Careyva

Feb 5, 2025 | publicbooks.org | Jeffrey Careyva |Sharon Marcus |Charlotte Rosen

When people say that video games are dumb, they actually have a good point. Yes, video games are full of masculinist power fantasies and predatory monetization schemes, but this doesn’t mean that video games are a complete waste of time. Rather, being literally dumb—that is, without speech—is essential to how many of the most iconic video games operate.