Why Battlefield 1 Could Be The Best WWI Game | Rock, Paper, Shotgun

Bombastic video game announcement trailer, with more than 1.6 million Likes in a fortnight:

…and thoughtful, considered commentary on the value and interpretation of such games and equivalent media:

“[…]a focus on the literature from the Western Front obscures the role played by the rest of the world and non-white people in the struggle. The trailer for Battlefield 1 includes nods to the war in the Middle East as well as the Harlem Hellfighters.”

(Why Battlefield 1 Could Be The Best WWI Game | Rock, Paper, Shotgun)

I’ve said it before: there’s some terrific writing out there in the video game journalism world.

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