Guðni Th. Jóhannesson is a historian. The sixth president of Iceland delighted in telling the amassed crowds at EVE Fanfest 2023 this, before whipping out a note from his pocket and reading an excerpt of an ancient saga. It’s possibly the most Icelandic thing I’ve ever seen: patriotic without being jingoistic, educational without being patronising. Jóhannesson was making a point: he was celebrating the 1000+ people in attendance in Reykjavík (from 54 countries around the world), and noting that video games, actually, are socially good.
I know, right? Imagine a politician making that point. He joked about it himself, saying he knows he “should” be up there, giving it mouth about how video games make us all “violent, angry, hateful”. But he diplomatically and tactfully undercut that stereotype, and read part of a saga about two young boys – 1000 years ago – that began a rivalry over a game of football. Long story short, one took an axe to the other’s head, killing him in front of a gathered village. The moral of the lesson? If you’re going to enact violence over your hobbies, do it in virtual space – no one’s getting hurt that way.
“Be violent, be angry, be as full of revenge as you like in games,” he said. “But in the real world, make friendships, be merry, be respectful, be safe.” He gave a thumbs up to a nearby camera, then left the stage. “Have a great Fanfest,” he said. The crowd whooped and hollered, and the opening ceremony continued.
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