Editor's Note: this piece contains plot spoilers for Spec Ops: The Line and Halo 4.
In video games the subject of violence is often treated as monolithic, something which must lead us to moral truth. In reality, no such simplicity is possible. Just as the violence of an older sibling delivering a charlie horse is different from the violence of an armed robbery, violent video games must be taken each in their own context.
In 2012 many video games were cruel, horrific, surreal, and disturbing creations. It was a year of games that pushed back against us every time we pressed into them. Works whose meanings are obscured when taken as a whole, but when considered individually reveal the wild variety of experiences that can come from one seemingly simple word.
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