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You Don’t Need To Defend Video Games – Kotaku Australia
The Four Corners report triggered a defensive response of video games, but that defensiveness is also part of the industry’s problem.
After months of work behind the scenes, the ABC’s Four Corners finally aired an investigation into the workings of the video game industry this week. You could almost set a clock to the inevitable reaction: accusations of poor reporting, misrepresentation, a lack of developer insight and balance, and a general lack of appreciation for the “good” video games have done for people.
Some of the complaints make sense, but it also fundamentally misses the main point.
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