'Harry Potter: Hogwarts Mystery' isn't just a bad game. It also gives us the darkest moment in video game history.
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If you're extremely old, you might remember the days when internet trolling was fun and imaginative and done purely for laughs.
While the rest of us were making dick jokes out of gunfights and zoning laws, more creative gamers were doing some truly amazing things.
As gamers matured, developers tried to do the same.
Sometimes a game adaptation is more than simply a bad, nakedly commercial cash grab.
Virtual worlds can also be ruined by terrible circumstances and even more terrible people.
There are some seemingly cute, family-friendly games out there hiding backstories so messed up that they'd be cut from a Chuck Palahniuk novel.
The worst fans in the world have to be the Gatekeepers.
There are some soul-searching questions we all need to ask ourselves if we're going to keep enjoying video games in 2018.
Even the biggest-budget titles can wind up as a cautionary tale.
Even the greatest video games have their flaws.
Give it time and your living room will transform into a mausoleum of games forgotten.
The technology available to old-school video games didn't leave a lot of room for nuance. Which is good considering the few times retro games dove into ethically murky waters and came back up with ...
Any incredibly immersive video game universe can come undone in an instant when a game turns into a crass advertisement for products from the real world.