Video games want us to be enemies. But developers underestimate our humanity | Anna Spargo-Ryan

Not all gamers are secretly good. But as in the real world, there’s a groundswell of people who want to lift up others

At Christmas I was avoiding adult responsibility and leftovers by playing an online video game. Wandering in a post-apocalyptic wilderness, I happened upon a group of guys playing together. To my surprise, they didn’t kill me. They didn’t even steal my meagre possessions. Actually, I soon learned, they were a bunch of dads. Nice dads. They visited my base and instead of destroying it they started making it over: new walls, new lights, new stairs. It was like Queer Eye but for virtual wastelanders wearing golf outfits and wielding shotguns.

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