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Every time there is a new game coming out. I go into Social media and what I see is "this game is woke because two dudes are kissing and there is a black protagonists, delete and refund" There are so many people that seem to care about it that I start to wonder if I am the insane one?

like Do these people genuinely believe that artists will stop being political and talk about their beliefs just because you said you don't like it? or that games will stop being "woke" because like, 3 games flopped for reasons OTHER THAN it was "woke"

Let's ignore the story quality, graphical fidelity, optimization, gameplay quality, etc.. Oh, no! The only reason why this succeeded is because that character has a fat ass! The reason for why that game has failed is because this character said they were non-binary!

like, Just how are people are not tired of this shit? This debate is about as deep as a puddle, has no consequence on real life, and the roots of this debate is based on ignorance and assumptions.

Hell, I got told that the Oblivion remaster was great and "not woke" because it sold more on Steam than AC Shadows Shadows and Dragon Age Veilguard

But also that Oblivion is "woke" for removing male and female and replacing it with Body Type 1/2

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[–] sweatersocialist@hexbear.net 16 points 1 day ago

try not to get too down about them. i do too but then i remind myself these people are a vocal minority. all the games they cry “go woke and go broke” actually sell a lot of copies most times in real life

these people are just losers really. i just went to torrent cyberpunk 2077 like 20 mins ago and someone was in the comments calling the game “woke DEI garbage”. imagine how big of a loser someone has to be to click on a game on a torrent website they have no intention to download just to argue about “woke”. how worthless is that person’s time to themselves?