For what it's worth, your The Last of Us II review is one of the best articles I've ever read, and an example that I use of exceptional games journalism. Besides that, remember that everyone else's garbage is filtered out before you see it. Don't let that fool you into thinking it doesn't exist.

www.acclaimedvideogames.com Though I'm probably a bit biased.

Says a lot about the state of gaming that this is such a hard question.

Not handing Ellie over to a faction whose actions suggest that they were more interested in advancing their political/military objectives is pretty defensible. It's naive to think that a cure would solve the world's problems. It shouldn't be Joel's decision though.

The existence of greatest games lists implies that games are real, but who really knows.

Nice to know I'm not the only one who copped it re: Russia/Ukraine.

Excellent article. Thank you for not treating these incidents as aberrations, but as predictable outcomes with deep structural roots. Highlighting this is how we make the world a better place for both men and women (and NB people!).