Liking videogames is a concept that's quickly aging out of relevance. Games, some would argue, are objects of gratification - things to relax with, to wring joy from, forces of pure good put here by smart and dedicated humans hoping to instill a little bit of happiness into the endless slog of human existence. This theory has long since proven antiquated beyond any usefulness, so this week, we posit an alternative: What if games are bad, actually? And what if you should feel bad for liking them? It's true! All the things people (at least those far less handsome and critically aware than us) enjoy are secretly really, really not good, and any reputation otherwise has been achieved entirely by the wool of mass psychosis being pulled over your eyes. Fear not, though, we have come to rescue you from the hellish bliss of ignorance and share the enlightening gospel of the newly-reformed Church of the Bâstârd Sword: The Last of Us and Red Dead Redemption 2 are kinda mid, actually? Support Bastard Sword by contributing to their tip jar: https://tips.pinecast.com/jar/bastard-sword