Why I Love
This article first appeared in PC Gamer magazine issue 387 in August 2023, as part of our Why I Love series. Every month we talk about our favourite characters, mechanics, moments, and concepts in games—and explain why we adore them so much.
There's an art to good videogame cannon fodder. Your classic villainous mook needs to have personality, yet be morally uncomplicated to kill by the dozen; fun to smash to bits, without it feeling sadistic or gruesome; enough of a threat to engage you, but not so much that you don't relish any chance to fight them. You know who ticks all those boxes? Star Wars' battle droids.
