This sounds like nothing more than a marketing scheme and reverse psychology.
They know that nobody who is put off by these demands would have ever bought a game called "Thirsty Sword Lesbians" in the first place; but these demands 1) get people making posts like this, which are ultimately free advertising and 2) ironically make some people buy the game in protest because they were told they weren't allowed
Affirmations, posturing, and brow-beating are important tools to neo-marxist types. Reciting these things gives them a perceived moral high ground to stand on where anyone in disagreement would likely not even look twice in disgust; Which cowes their reviews into a selectively positive sample.
Essentially it's "Oh so you don't support our garbage game? Then I guess you don't support #women's rights and #bodypositivity, fascist!" - and like that, now their target audience HAS to have a biased positive outlook.
This sounds like nothing more than a marketing scheme and reverse psychology.
They know that nobody who is put off by these demands would have ever bought a game called "Thirsty Sword Lesbians" in the first place; but these demands 1) get people making posts like this, which are ultimately free advertising and 2) ironically make some people buy the game in protest because they were told they weren't allowed
Affirmations, posturing, and brow-beating are important tools to neo-marxist types. Reciting these things gives them a perceived moral high ground to stand on where anyone in disagreement would likely not even look twice in disgust; Which cowes their reviews into a selectively positive sample.
Essentially it's "Oh so you don't support our garbage game? Then I guess you don't support #women's rights and #bodypositivity, fascist!" - and like that, now their target audience HAS to have a biased positive outlook.