What is a "Woke" Game

[sundin13]

JackHandy said:

sundin13 said:

So, a hypothetical PS2 game that used a straight white male protagonist as a means to target a straight white male audience is woke.

Duly noted.

No. Woke is a term only for forced minorities. Intentionally using a white male for the sake of appealing to the majority would be considered something else negative. Greed, perhaps? I would call it greed, myself, but I don't think there's a term for it.

Either scenario is a problem. Either one is wrong. A person should be chosen for any given position based on their qualifications and merit, not the color of their skin, who they sleep with or whether they have ovaries or a penis. Anything short of that is immoral. Period.

And pandering to activists for the sake of looking saintly while being anything but?

That's straight up evil.

There's nothing wrong about games appealing to their audiences. That is just Creating Things 101. 

There's also nothing wrong about desiring diversity in creative spaces. Bringing in a diverse range of people with a diverse range of experiences can help writing to better express those different viewpoints through their characters, allowing art to better provide a wider breadth of experiences.