“Gaming” websites like polygon or pc gamer. I stopped reading them because they put a ridiculous emphasis on diversity and current year politics instead of actual gaming
I usually do the work myself. I check promo materials like store pages like on steam and the dev's website (some about-us sections are pronoun-twitter hellscapes) and the dev's social media sites for red flags.
Let's plays are also a good way to get an idea but you'd probably watch them anyway to figure out if a game is worth getting.
It's so easy to check some devs, as they'll willingly virtue-signal on their social media page. My go-to example is a game where one user asked if the developer's big-breasted female human-robot character was a gynoid, and the social media account screeched at them to call her an "android to avoid sexism." Easy developer addition to my blacklist, even though the dev gave no apparent indication in trailers that they were woke.
That's just the "basic" level too, here's a more "advanced/schizoid" level:
There's a game I kept seeing get shilled called "She Will Punish Them", but it raised a couple of red flags for me (it's kind of a low-budget erotic hack-and-slash). The developers had multiple companies they made games under and it seemed like they were from Eastern USA. I connected the dots between key employees within the 3 "shell" companies and found out that while they've got a couple of American employees helping with promotion, they're based in China. That's another for the blacklist, but kudos to the Chinese's deception, they made it hard for me to figure out where their company was actually located.
I'd give them more credit if they were upfront with their origins. I only mentioned the name to give a tangible example of the difference between deception compared to the woke's outright bragging, not to give people a game to buy.
I shouldn't wade through multiple "We are a company." statements from different shell company pages, only to learn nothing. If I have to find out through your main American contact's slip-up that you're actually Chinese, something's wrong.
Are women or blacks involved in any major way (production, marketing, ingame characters, the whole thing)? Is it being praised by twitteratis and gaming presstitutes? If so, it's woke.
If it's made pre-...let's say 2014. Or better yet pre-Anita Sarkessian. Else, I just wait till people at either kia2 or at kia1 start kvetching about it.
Though sometimes you'll find one that's surprisingly not woke. I was pleasantly surprised by Prey 2016, for example. But then again, it was in development for several years so it looks like it just barely missed getting woke. I hate that Dishonored 2 wasn't so lucky.
But yeah, honestly I play more old games than anything nowadays. Or I wait years before I get anything. A, it saves money, and B, I don't fall for hype trains. Learned my lesson with Spore! 🤣
What about D2 did you think was woke? Is it that you can play as a strong, independent woman able to kill hordes of men like a badass? Or something about the story?
One thing I liked about D1 was that the witches were pure evil. Continuing in Brigmore Witches, there was literally nothing redeeming about them. Delilah tried for sympathy points but it didn't feel like the story supported that. In 2020 it would've ended up like Cruella.
Although in my head canon, the whole imperial government including Jessamine and Emily are corrupt decadent oligarchs, and there's not really anything in the story that conflicts with that idea.
The fact that Arkane removed a elements from a prostitution section of the game from Dishonored 2 directly because of "She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"'s whining automatically puts Dishonored 2 in the woke category. Emily's personality and look were also "inspired" by Sarkeesian's "feedback" according to the director.
Buying Dishonored 2 was indirectly helping the Feminist Frequency cause.
Shit that's terrible. I don't follow behind-the-scenes news and just go by what's in the final product. Anyone who lets that woman near their production deserves to go bankrupt.
If critics clap like seals about it
“Gaming” websites like polygon or pc gamer. I stopped reading them because they put a ridiculous emphasis on diversity and current year politics instead of actual gaming
You can try Nichegamer. They're alright and tend to not put any politics in articles or reviews.
just assume it is and you will probably be right
This is the correct answer for pretty much every new product today, from games to movies to shows. Retro is where it's at!
I usually do the work myself. I check promo materials like store pages like on steam and the dev's website (some about-us sections are pronoun-twitter hellscapes) and the dev's social media sites for red flags.
Let's plays are also a good way to get an idea but you'd probably watch them anyway to figure out if a game is worth getting.
^ I recommend this.
It's so easy to check some devs, as they'll willingly virtue-signal on their social media page. My go-to example is a game where one user asked if the developer's big-breasted female human-robot character was a gynoid, and the social media account screeched at them to call her an "android to avoid sexism." Easy developer addition to my blacklist, even though the dev gave no apparent indication in trailers that they were woke.
That's just the "basic" level too, here's a more "advanced/schizoid" level:
There's a game I kept seeing get shilled called "She Will Punish Them", but it raised a couple of red flags for me (it's kind of a low-budget erotic hack-and-slash). The developers had multiple companies they made games under and it seemed like they were from Eastern USA. I connected the dots between key employees within the 3 "shell" companies and found out that while they've got a couple of American employees helping with promotion, they're based in China. That's another for the blacklist, but kudos to the Chinese's deception, they made it hard for me to figure out where their company was actually located.
I'd give them more credit if they were upfront with their origins. I only mentioned the name to give a tangible example of the difference between deception compared to the woke's outright bragging, not to give people a game to buy.
I shouldn't wade through multiple "We are a company." statements from different shell company pages, only to learn nothing. If I have to find out through your main American contact's slip-up that you're actually Chinese, something's wrong.
Features mainly ugly/manly-looking women.
Are women or blacks involved in any major way (production, marketing, ingame characters, the whole thing)? Is it being praised by twitteratis and gaming presstitutes? If so, it's woke.
Does it show scantily-clad sexy women on the cover or promotional material? Especially in "problematic" poses? Less chance that it's woke.
Does it portray masculine or ugly looking women? More chance that it's woke. (though it might just be a bad artist)
If it's made pre-...let's say 2014. Or better yet pre-Anita Sarkessian. Else, I just wait till people at either kia2 or at kia1 start kvetching about it.
Though sometimes you'll find one that's surprisingly not woke. I was pleasantly surprised by Prey 2016, for example. But then again, it was in development for several years so it looks like it just barely missed getting woke. I hate that Dishonored 2 wasn't so lucky.
But yeah, honestly I play more old games than anything nowadays. Or I wait years before I get anything. A, it saves money, and B, I don't fall for hype trains. Learned my lesson with Spore! 🤣
What about D2 did you think was woke? Is it that you can play as a strong, independent woman able to kill hordes of men like a badass? Or something about the story?
One thing I liked about D1 was that the witches were pure evil. Continuing in Brigmore Witches, there was literally nothing redeeming about them. Delilah tried for sympathy points but it didn't feel like the story supported that. In 2020 it would've ended up like Cruella.
Although in my head canon, the whole imperial government including Jessamine and Emily are corrupt decadent oligarchs, and there's not really anything in the story that conflicts with that idea.
The fact that Arkane removed a elements from a prostitution section of the game from Dishonored 2 directly because of "She-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named"'s whining automatically puts Dishonored 2 in the woke category. Emily's personality and look were also "inspired" by Sarkeesian's "feedback" according to the director.
Buying Dishonored 2 was indirectly helping the Feminist Frequency cause.
Shit that's terrible. I don't follow behind-the-scenes news and just go by what's in the final product. Anyone who lets that woman near their production deserves to go bankrupt.
Japanese games are usually not woke.
Strong societies and governments don’t allow the woke.
Did it release after 2010?
Wait at least a month after release.
2014 is a better date.