A longtime first-person shooter fan finds Battlefield 6’s glossy near future combat disturbingly close to today’s wars, and uncomfortably like training rather than escapism.
Author: Florian Eichel
Florian Eichel graduated with a degree in philosophy and German literature from Humboldt University in Berlin. After an internship in the winter of 2021 at the feuilleton section of DIE ZEIT, he became an editor there. Since 2024, he has been part of the newly established political feuilleton section of DIE ZEIT and ZEIT ONLINE.