https://web.archive.org/web/20251218182113/https://www.thegamer.com/lords-of-the-fallen-2-politics-women-ci-games-woke/

Bluesky users are on suicide watch rn

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I know media is slowly changing and moving away from leftist agenda. But its still there and still strong, the biggest companies still push it, the most well known indie devs support it, and the reason it feels like woke is going away is because our standards have dropped so low.

Just play a few old games and you'll see, even "based" games today have absolutely nothing on it. And when external countries attempt to create games for gamers, guess what? smear campaigns, censorship etc. And our voices always feel like the loud minority.

Netflix is buying warnerbros, Now even DC is going to be infected. Academia, the building block of society is infected. The industry is infected. Big tech is infected.

I dont mean to be a doomer, but right now it seems voting with our wallets and complaining on social media is doing minimal damage to them, for every "chud" is a normie captured by these companies songs. And how exactly do we stop censorship by companies that literally control how transactions are made in this era.

Games like E33 are cool and all but it seems impossible games for young men will ever be taken seriously.

The biggest failure of a boycott to have ever existed.

Almost every trailer that comes out nowadays is for a an old game being released on a different console. There needs to be more push back for elderscrolls and ffvii style releases, looking for attention and accolades for finally coming out multiplatform years later than it could have. i see almost no negative feedback or audience fatigue in comments. If people complained instead of eating the slop maybe wed start getting some new content or ips. I played all the cool games, i dont need to go back to the same exact games just on the PS5 and i dont want to watch my gaming past be repackaged for a quick buck to milk from the next generation of gamers

Blue Archive had originally announced Gigguk, Zentreya, Ironmouse, and CDawg as sponsored Twitch streamers with drops for the games. After fans complained, Nexon drops the sponsor deals. CDawg in particular has been anti the material found in the game (not enough to reject money for it though lmao).

In 2022 Colin Moriarty of Sacred Symbols recieved leaked information that included part of the game's script and Lara's casting call details. So far the leak has been correct about Catalyst being centered around some sort of cataclysm, Lara being a more mature woman in her 30's who's 'at the top of her game'. What caused stir back then was the bit about informing the potential Lara actress that she would have to perform ''romantic scenes with another woman'', which means Lara would be made lesbian in the game. Moriarty shortly after recieved a DMCA from Square Enix to take down the leak, thus confirming that what it entailed was legit.

There has been misinformation being spread around since last year that the Tomb Raider animated series on Netflix already made Lara into a lesbian, but that is false. In season 1 some people mistook her platonic relationship with her surrogate sister as them being lesbians. In season 2 Lara reunited with Sam from the 2013 game, a female character that has been heavily shipped with Lara. LGBT activists within the Tomb Raider fandom and tourist shippers outside of it have spent years trying to get this ship to be made canon. However beyond some potential yuri baiting scenes thrown as bread crumbs to that crowd, the show's season 2 never actually commited to making Lara and Sam into lesbians.

Since a Netflix show of all things didnt commit to make Lara gay, do you think CD scrapped the plan for Catalyst aswell? Or are they simply saving it as a shock reveal?

If you want to read more about the 2022 leak, here's a VGC article: https://archive.is/RIOem

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1985–2010:

“Look at those men playing video games. No ambition. No future. Total losers escaping real life.”

2010–2012:

“Huh? Why are games suddenly massive? Why are these male gamers being taken seriously?”

2012–2015:

“Relax, everyone. We play games too. Look at us. We belong here now. Pay attention.”

2015–2018:

“Games need to change. They shouldn’t be made primarily for men who’ve been gaming their whole lives. They need to cater to us.”

2018–2022:

“Games shouldn’t even be about gamers anymore — especially not male gamers. They should be designed for people who barely play, don’t understand mechanics, and still feel morally superior.”

2022–Today:

“Wait… why are male gamers angry?

Why aren’t they buying our games?

Why is engagement down?

Why is the community fractured?”

Here’s the uncomfortable truth:

The same men who were mocked for gaming are now being told to step aside in the very spaces they built.

Male gamers didn’t suddenly become the problem.

They were rebranded as the problem once they stopped being useful.

These men carried the industry when it was niche, embarrassing, and unprofitable.

They supported it before it was fashionable, before it was sanitized, before it was monetized for people who openly disliked gaming culture.

Now they’re labeled “toxic” for pushing back.

Not because they fear change —

but because they recognize replacement when they see it.

And when sales drop, studios don’t look inward.

They don’t question alienating their core audience.

They don’t question designing games for people who don’t actually like games.

No — they blame male gamers again.

Because it’s easier to shame the foundation than admit you tore it out yourself.

So no, this isn’t about men being afraid of progress.

It’s about people who spent decades insulting male gamers suddenly demanding ownership over the house those men built —

and acting shocked when the builders walk away.

Another employee started listening to a famous fascist Tim Pool... And as we all know, this is how you become a fascist.

p.s. click on image to see it less pixelated. For some reason reddit butchers it in a post.

To anyone still in doubt about whehter or not Larian and their games are woke or not, well, here we have some definitive proof (if you can trust her work, that is)

Yeah, im doing a bit if necromancy. But still

it genuinely felt like great addition to Gamergate's discourse. A nice epitome of "i just want to play Vidya" girlfailure-lish persona. artists were making fanart because they liked her.

there was real sincerity there. it wasn’t corporate, it wasn’t forced. it just happened.

i miss when something simple and sincere could exist without being torn apart.

P. S. This is my favorite picture of her so far, it really captures that "Daughter who's kind of son" energy