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Video games are guilty of reflecting humanity's more violent nature at times - and it's easy to see why when our screens are filled with nameless marines and musclebound maniacs eager to destroy every living thing in their path. As in reality, the virtual worlds we inhabit contain a wide array of human expression, ranging from violent combat to peaceful cooperation. Some players are taking things a step further though, opting to lay down their computerised weapons and adopt a nonviolent, pacifist approach to their virtual endeavours.Gaming's own cadre of consensus objectors are determined in their desire not to harm other players in video games often designed with violence in mind. This form of virtual ahimsa recently surfaced in everyone's favourite fight to the death, PlayerUnknown's Battlegrounds.
Twitch broadcaster KurtJMac and fellow streamer ConeDodger achieved the impossible by winning a round of PUBG while intentionally not attacking or killing another player. It seemed their saviour was the electric blue mist of death, as Kurt explains to Eurogamer.
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