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"Woke" games
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this post was submitted on 28 Nov 2024
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The majority of complaints about wokeness in games is not that alternative lifestyles exist....
It's that the game, story, or environment is being sacrificed to shove a political message down your throat.
What people complain about online doesn't matter, the only thing that matters is revenue. If the revenue isn't enough then the discussion about wokeness dominates the discussion... I don't think making bland/bad game "woke" in order to get more attention will save it. Controversy doesn't sell that many games, might make more people aware of a product, but if they already didn't like the product (or were just meh about it) - controversy wont move the needle in a positive direction.
Update: since I'm incapable expressing myself succinctly here. I refer everybody to this nutsa video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AJS4JHYgj50 which is my basic position
... said by people who only know of this because today we talk about that message. The same people who loved Starship Troopers without realising it's a tale about the dangers of fascism. Who cheered Fight Club not realising it criticized male stereotypes. And lauded the Fallout video game series even though it on purpose allows same sex relationships since Fallout 2.
Sheep. Led by Russian propaganda filtered through their current favorite "I tell it like it is"-influencers.
So what you're saying is that those games didn't shove their message down people's throat while modern games do? That while they did have a political message, they didn't make it core to the experience and presented it in a way that allowed people who only wanted to play to completely ignore it?
You are validating the above comment's point.
No, learn to read
They clearly said that it's just a new message they the people actually see now that it's in the societal eye, the people whining about woke are the same people who missed the point of other media, too
They mentioned Fight Club. If you think the political message isn't core to that movie then, well, you're one of the dipshits being discussed
And fucking starship troopers. Anyone who doesn't see the politics of that movie is either completely media illiterate or isn't able to actually see messages that aren't pointed out to them. I'm not sure they could have been more overt without NPH throwing the Nazi salute.
No need to be rude.
I didn't watch fight club. I have no idea what it's about. If it is intended to educate people on political issues, great. If it is intended to entertain and only discusses political issues subtly in the background, great. If it is intended to entertain, but fails at doing so because of presenting a political message in a manner that hinders entertainment, not great.