Do We Need Realism In Video Games?

July 9, 2012Erik Kain

I would play this if it were a game. In fact, I would prefer to play a game with unrealistic looking graphics like this if the game was fun and the combat engaging, than a game with realistic faces and poor gameplay. I doubt I’m alone. Is the quest for realism a waste of time? […]

Erik Kain

Erik writes about video games at Forbes and politics at Mother Jones. He's the editor of The League though he hasn't written much here lately. He can be found occasionally composing 140 character cultural analysis on Twitter.