What happens when pacifist soldiers search for peace in a war video game

A clever, thought-provoking video essay. Reflections on war and desertion, set in the virtual world of Battlefield V — a world where deserting gets you automatically killed by an invisible hand; where flags are the only thing that cannot be destroyed; but also a world where creative minds find ways to work around the imperative of killing.


From Weekly Filet #359, in August 2021.

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