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Congrats to @brkeogh on the 10 year anniversary of his first #book!

"Killing Is Harmless" is a deep dive analysis of #2KGames and #Yager’s #SpecOpsTheLine, and explores how the game turns a reflexive lens back onto the genre of the military shooters to ask some hard questions around acts of violence in #VideoGames.

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https://www.thevideogamelibrary.org/book/killing-is-harmless-a-critical-reading-of-spec-ops-the-line

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KILLING IS HARMLESS: A CRITICAL READING OF SPEC-OPS: THE LINE

Brendan Keogh, Daniel Purvis, Rob Zacny, Benjamin Abraham One of the most critically discussed games of 2012, 2K and Yager’s Spec Ops: The Line turns a reflexive lens back onto the genre of the military shooters to ask some hard questions: just what is going on in these games? What does it say about us if we enjoy playing such games? Is virtual violence really harmless? Killing is Harmless isn’t an attempt to answer these questions so much as an exploration of just how the game is able to ask th

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Nov 21, 2022 at 2:35pmWeb
Show threadMuckNov 21, 2022
@thevglibrary haha good satire. At first I thought we were talkin' 'bout a visual novel but a Gamer reading a book?!? what will they think of next? 🤣
Show threadBrendan KeoghNov 21, 2022
@thevglibrary Thanks for sharing! As an aside, I'd really appreciate it if you could link to the copy on brkeogh.itch.io rather than Amazon if that's not a pain 🙏
Show threadThe Video Game Library 📚Nov 21, 2022
@brkeogh Not a pain at all!! It's done 😀
Show threadBrendan KeoghNov 21, 2022
@thevglibrary thank you!!