City of Villains: For the Evil in All of Us
There is a little bit of evil in everyone. It’s a fact. And, if you’re anything like me, when you play certain video games, you enjoy making the morally wrong choices. In games like Fable or Grand Theft Auto, it’s fun to do evil things. But in those games, your evil character is still somewhat of a hero. And that’s where City of Villains comes in. It’s about time someone let us take down the heroes.
For those of you who don’t know, City of Villains is the expansion to (or rather, the newer version of) the popular City of Heroes. Now, although playing a superhero MMORPG sounded like fun to me, I was by far more intrigued with the expansion. After all, the only thing better than playing a superhero is playing a supervillain. But I’m sure most of you have heard of it; after all, it did come out about three years ago. But in the spirit of devilish dress-up, let’s take a look at a less terrifying version of evil in games.
