{"id":4909,"date":"2022-03-01T15:40:22","date_gmt":"2022-03-01T14:40:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/pushing-buttons-what-games-can-offer-us-in-times-of-crisis\/"},"modified":"2022-03-01T15:40:22","modified_gmt":"2022-03-01T14:40:22","slug":"pushing-buttons-what-games-can-offer-us-in-times-of-crisis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/costops.com\/index.php\/2022\/03\/01\/pushing-buttons-what-games-can-offer-us-in-times-of-crisis\/","title":{"rendered":"Pushing Buttons: what games can offer us in times of crisis"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: in bleak moments, games can satisfy our urge to take action and make things better<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/info\/ng-interactive\/2021\/nov\/24\/sign-up-for-pushing-buttons-keza-macdonalds-weekly-look-at-the-world-of-gaming\">Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Welcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s difficult to sit down and concentrate at the moment, isn\u2019t it. Whenever something worrying and momentous is occurring in the news, most things feel frivolous and pointless. I used to experience an amorphous sense of guilt around writing about video games for a living when important and harrowing things were happening in the wider world. I work at a newspaper replete with talented people doing difficult and vital journalism about the geopolitical events that affect us all. Should we not be reading that, instead of something about Elden Ring?<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/games\/2022\/mar\/01\/pushing-buttons-video-games-ukraine-coronavirus\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><br \/>\n<img src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/0825b1ba914e132a7caf5901bee4ec5aae239d86\/188_0_5640_3384\/master\/5640.jpg?width=140&amp;quality=85&amp;auto=format&amp;fit=max&amp;s=e34bcc55aaef4ef173ff901f540b60d1\" title=\"Pushing Buttons: what games can offer us in times of crisis\" \/>In this week\u2019s newsletter: in bleak moments, games can satisfy our urge to take action and make things better<br \/>\nDon\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? Sign up here<br \/>\nWelcome to Pushing Buttons, the Guardian\u2019s gaming newsletter. If you\u2019d like to receive it in your inbox every week, just pop your email in below \u2013 and check your inbox (and spam) for the confirmation email.<br \/>\nIt\u2019s difficult to sit down and concentrate at the moment, isn\u2019t it. Whenever something worrying and momentous is occurring in the news, most things feel frivolous and pointless. I used to experience an amorphous sense of guilt around writing about video games for a living when important and harrowing things were happening in the wider world. I work at a newspaper replete with talented people doing difficult and vital journalism about the geopolitical events that affect us all. Should we not be reading that, instead of something about Elden Ring? Continue reading&#8230;Technology | The Guardian<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week\u2019s newsletter: in bleak moments, games can satisfy our urge to take action and make things better Don\u2019t get Pushing Buttons delivered to your inbox? 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