The older guys in this site probably don't know it, but the gaming industry is gigantic, and makes way more money than Hollywood by now.
It's also an industry where China holds great sway in the mainstream, via companies like Blizzard, Riot Games, Activision. Check if you will. You'll see that the chinese company Tencent holds a sway in all of them.
If you're into video games as a pass time, or have children/nephews who do, I reccomend decoupling from the main scene and head into indie games territory, as the SJWs control most of the big titles out there.
As such, I personally suggest you guys should decouple and buy some indie games. They're always cheap, have plenty of creativity and passion built into them, and never have those gambling tactics designed to addict you and strip you from your money.
1st step : Stop buying annual sports titles (FIFA, Madden, NBA), and franchises like Call of Duty and Battlefield. They gloat constantly about addicting children and teenagers into gambling and ruined many lives with loot box mechanics
Step 2 : Buy indie games: I personally reccomend GoG, Humble bundle and Steam for buying if you play on PC. Dirt cheap prices, constant sales and most importantly, they don't serve Wall Street. Avoid Epic Games and Activision/Blizzard like the plague, they're all controlled by China via Tencent.
Step 3 : Research: You gotta be careful about the things your children play, so be watchful and look for age-appropriate titles. I personally reccomend the Best indie Games and the Tensor Gaming Youtube channels (links on comment), as they have almost daily trailers of brand new and awesome titles with all kinds of themes, from the little kid- friendly to the more mature. Buying independant games also helps small studios to thrive and flourish, sending more quality titles into the market.
That was my suggestion. You guys tell me what you think about it
I'm not a huge gamer. I play less and less as I get older but I do have favorites. To be fair I like AOE but it's developed my Microsoft and we all know Bill Gates is an evil mother fucker. Other than that idk if my other favorites are DS propaganda.
I used to play Battlefield back in the day too back when it was 1942 and Vietnam. I think the last one I played was 2142. I also have the original Call of Duty but that's the only one I've ever played. I'm god awful at shooters so they don't interest me but I do have favorites. Postal 2 is the best. It's got the rock n roll level of controversy thing going on with it and it's almost like a life simulation with guns. Really ahead of the curve.
I'm a strategy gamer and so by proxy I'm a computer gamer. I think the consoles shaft the gamers and don't provide for modding and community building. Civilization is good but they got woke with their leader choices in V. I used to be all about Civ though. Total War, Europa Universalis and Crusader Kings.
I'm really into Mount and Blade (the whole series is legit), Freeman: Guerrilla Warfare and GTA right now. GTA is good but I can never tell if it's a neo-lib propaganda piece or a parody of neo-liberalism. I guess the ambiguity is good for business for them right now.
To me Mount and Blade is the future of action and strategy games. It's like GTA except instead of driving and flying simulator elements it has strategy elements. It really puts you in the shoes of a field commander and a head of state if you're good enough. It's a really revolutionary concept.
Also Minecraft is always legit. I made a whole economy in that game when I played it with my ex and her family.