[Capricorn2481]

First of all, we're talking about Doom here. I doubt Doom is too alienating for heterosexual audiences. Doesn't that seem like an extremely inorganic segue into identity politics?

Secondly, The "go woke or broke" thing has been a Schrodinger's mantra used by grifters to sell outrage. Everything is woke until it succeeds, and then suddenly it was always predetermined to succeed. The market, on the whole, doesn't seem to care about or pay attention to these things as much as you imply. The worst examples, like Concord, are games that are shit across the board and compete in really crowded markets. The "Sweet baby" watch group on steam flagged Elden Ring, for christsake. If anything, the indie games are even more woke.

But there is certainly a loud minority that will insist this is a massive threat to the industry. I for one cannot wait until people learn how to criticize games again. It's unfortunate good game criticism is being overtaken by to a crowd of tourists that flatten game quality to a checklist of anti woke signifiers. It sucks. But it mostly affects internet comments.

I think the fact that you are not a gamer but the first thing you think of when you imagine what gamers care about is Sweet Baby Inc says more about the content you consume.

[zuzululu]

> says more about the content you consume

i can say the exact same for you and take a guess as to what your political leanings are but to be polite i'll leave it alone and agree to disagree

[Capricorn2481]

> i can say the exact same for you and take a guess as to what your political leanings

No, you can't really. You already said you don't even play videogames. The mere fact that you imply Doom was too woke speaks volumes to how little interest you have in actually understanding the current landscape. You can't be an outsider to the hobby, make such slanted claims, and then accuse people who actually like games and interact with others who play them of being disingenuous. We view them holistically, you can only observe them through the lens of the political content you consume.

And if that's the content you consume, you will more readily believe every Triple A game is stuffed to the gills with overt political messaging. The ironic part being Triple A studios tend to be the most safe and sanitized fence sitters of the industry and it's the indie games that tend to be more progressive and alienating. But you aren't going to see that irony because you aren't playing any of these games to begin with, which is what made your comment comedic.

When people say tourists are coming and politicizing the hobby, you are who they are talking about. I am telling you that not to point and laugh, but to let you know you're uninformed.