Last week, Anthony Burch over at Destructoid put out the latest entry in his “Rev Rants” series.  In these short videos, Mr. Burch picks whatever aspect of gaming is weighing on his mind and gives a spirited “rant” about what’s wrong with it.  In his most recent rant, Mr. Burch declares that it’s time for video games to just stop being about “fun,” and that they need to tackle more serious matters.

Already a lot of people have reacted to this piece, and while I am not David Jaffe, I too have been thinking over his words and my reaction to them.  Mr. Burch makes many points that I agree with, but I find that, overall, he is arguing on somewhat flawed grounds.  While I won’t call this a rebuttal, I’d like to take the time to go over some of his points and where I feel they are mistaken.

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