| Jaicee said: To put matters in perspective thereon, I'd invite you to try and recall the last commercially successful AAA video game you've ever heard of before that centered specifically on the role of a woman of color. |
I mean, Stellar Blade literally just happened, though it was the Left that ironically tried to cancel the game. Unless Koreans don't qualify as PoC. It's hard to keep up. I actually just watched a video where a Chinese woman talked about someone telling her that she needed to recognize her "white privilege." Seems that Asian people are a new target because they are successful so I dunno.
Regardless, I think it's obvious that most people don't care about the race of the protagonist. There is no doubt in my mind that a really good Blade or Black Panther game would be a hit. What people care about more is game developers weaponizing games to further their political agenda. Developers themselves have created an environment where many previous fans actively distrust them, mostly because they seem to like preaching on social media.
Now, on a personal level, I find it pretty darn amusing. Both the Left and the Right attack games because of the race and gender of the main character but both get upset when the other side does it. Both do their best to cancel the games that offend them. Seriously, how funny is that?
As an aside, I almost never use ambiguous terms like "woke" but the intense hang-wringing of the Left over their own word has me thinking about using it more. I mean, people throwing around "chud" and "nazi" all over the place are upset about "woke"? I mean, for real?
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