![]() ![]() "I know the difference between video games and reality," he explains. The kidnappers are all obsessive fans of a game called Kill or be Slaughtered, which has all the graphical sophistication of a ‘90s arcade shooter, and Ice-T - apparently a huge deathmatch fan - delivers the same moral lesson we’ve been hearing since the days of rock’n’roll. ![]() Gaming isn’t inherently dangerous in the world of SVU, but the show plays to a demographic that believes owning an Xbox makes you a bizarre anomaly. ![]() Characters helpfully define "doxxing," "n00bs," and "swatting," while introducing the world to the vicious cesspool of "RedchanIt" and, for some reason, an Oculus Rift clone. Despite some weird references to the "darknet" and terrible quips about "next levels" and "user hacks," SVU’s writers know most of the right concepts, even if they tread around them so carefully that the episode plays like an instructive PSA on internet slang. ![]()
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