Expecting to find a scholar in systems of government on a website about videogames and videogame culture is pretty smart.

I tend to stick pretty much exclusively to Nintendo, certain Japanese developers, and indies these days except in very specific cases. I’m currently playing Dragon Quest Builders 2 and just having a ball. When the Anthem shit show was reaching its crescendo I was hip deep in Monster Hunter World. Fallout 76? I was…

I think it’s less of a contradiction than a roundabout way of saying that he’s old and experienced enough to not be excited by the same thing with a new coat of paint thats passing for AAA titles these days (your Spider-Mans, God of Wars, and RDR2 notwithstanding...maybe).

There’s a bunch of... questionable takes here, honestly.

I’m mostly done with gaming at this point anyway. I’ve been playing them for 40 years and I feel like I’ve covered pretty much every genre several times over. There just isn’t that much that catches my eye anymore. Cyberpunk 2077, Doom Eternal, and The Outer Worlds are really the only games I’m looking forward to at…