I've been playing and writing about videogames for an awfully long time now, and I've seen my share of controversies come and go. Hot Coffee, anyone? At some point long ago, I may have thought that such things would become increasingly rare as our medium matures.
But it seems that the opposite has happened. As gaming has become bigger and more influential, it's intersected with a wider set of issues.
2023 was no exception, and so here we are to round up some of the biggest controversies of the year. There were so many, I was morally required to split the list into two articles to reduce the risk of scrolling-related injuries—if you missed it earlier this week, here's the first half of our rundown of the year's biggest kerfuffles.
And now, on with the show!
