Most action games come with one simplistic goal: kill things and don’t get killed. You see a threat, you get a weapon, and you go to work removing that threat. You very rarely get a justifiable explanation for doing so — beyond the promise of a reward or the enemies being ugly and mean. But this year we got a Game of the Year contender that dug a little deeper. Not only did it give us a plausible motivation and a well-reasoned explanation as to why we were killing things, but it secretly taught everyone who bought the game, including me, real world ecology and wildlife conservation. The Game Monster Hunter: World tells the tale of … Continue reading Monster Hunter: World Secretly Teaches You Real Ecology