Dialogue Options | Do spoilers and leaks affect your enjoyment of a game?

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This week's Dialogue Options is taking an express train straight to spoilertown

The 21st century has witnessed the rise of spoiler culture, and the entrenchment of two camps on either side of the debate around it. Have we become too sensitive to spoilers, treating even the slightest bit of information as a devastating blow to our enjoyment of a story, or do they genuinely affect how we consume content, and therefore need to be policed at all costs? 

Below, you'll find Features Editor Josh West, Video Editor Ellen Causey, and Features Writer Alex Avard hashing out their different viewpoints on the subject, and looking back on the times that spoilers either helped or hindered their ability to be entertained and surprised by video games, movies, and TV shows. 

Ironically, the discussion contains major spoilers for The Last of Us Part 2, alongside Red Dead Redemption 2, Final Fantasy 7 Remake, Game of Thrones, The Sixth Sense and… uh, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (yes, really).

For more, check out the biggest new games of 2020 on the way, or watch the video below for the first look at Spider-Man: Miles Morales.

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