Its important because there have been numerous actual people with power trying to pin this on games, along with rumbles of trying to "do something about it" (like dragging Gaben into Congress over it) and thereby the superfluous detail is quickly becoming the all consuming trait of the story.
Nobody cares that he plays games because literally everyone under 35 likely has. People care because it keeps getting brought up as a smoking gun to be the anchor that powerful people use to paint and bury the story. Its incredibly obvious that they are using it for something.
Its flavoring the narrative. Its like them making sure to say "Trump, 37 time convicted felon and tiny hand haver" every single time he comes up in conversation. Sure its true but the intention behind saying it every single time makes itself clear enough to be worth bucking against.
You are giving them benefit of the doubt when they have earned none, and letting Lefties/journos get away with their subtle machinations because "well, both sides muh principles."
Its important because there have been numerous actual people with power trying to pin this on games, along with rumbles of trying to "do something about it" (like dragging Gaben into Congress over it) and thereby the superfluous detail is quickly becoming the all consuming trait of the story.
Nobody cares that he plays games because literally everyone under 35 likely has. People care because it keeps getting brought up as a smoking gun to be the anchor that powerful people use to paint and bury the story. Its incredibly obvious that they are using it for something.
Its flavoring the narrative. Its like them making sure to say "Trump, 37 time convicted felon and tiny hand haver" every single time he comes up in conversation. Sure its true but the intention behind saying it every single time makes itself clear enough to be worth bucking against.
You are giving them benefit of the doubt when they have earned none, and letting Lefties/journos get away with their subtle machinations because "well, both sides muh principles."