The DeanBeat: What Pokémon Go, Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and Mafia III share in common

It’s hard to see the common thread between the wildly popular Pokémon Go, the console/PC blockbuster Deus Ex: Mankind Divided, and the upcoming Mafia III video game. That’s one of the nice things about gaming, in that it offers so much variety for gamers. But I did notice a common thread in that the game creators are all trying to give gamers what’s good for them.

After all, if you create something artistic, you want it to be useful. You want it to do good. You want it to make an impact. (Or maybe you do. I’m not a game designer, but I’ve heard game developers say these things). So let’s suppose that game makers have good intentions, and they want something consequential to result from their games. This road of good intentions is the common thread that I see among these games.