If these movements can wrap anything big or small into these reactionary culture wars and make enough noise, they can make anything but a cis, straight, able-bodied male protagonist feel like an inherently political creative choice. Having your game’s hero be a woman who can fight, or casting a nonbinary actor because they were the best fit for the role

Leftist bad faith and obfuscation. I don't think a lot of people would have a problem with a female protagonist if they didn't focus on her or her actress identity.

should not be considered any more political a choice than having a white man play a white male lead character.

Jin Sakai is not white and I could care less if he identified as an attack helicopter. Jin Sakai worked because, even thought he is fictional, he embodies the japanese warrior spirit when the mongols invaded, a historical event. Yotei abandons all pretense of historical background in favor of showcasing how "deep" are women.

Make good games, we don't care about politics, you do. And the proof is in one of the first paragraphs

While The Last of Us: Part 2 is far from perfect (for example, Neil Druckmann, the game’s creator and co-director, took inspiration from the Israel-Palestine conflict that was criticized for both-sidesism)

You glazed that game to death because it owned chuds. Ellie was a lesbian, Lev was trans or something and Abby was 'body diverse'. You even praised the synagogue segmen. But now it's suddenly bad because you realized it has the wrong politics? Fuck off, that game was garbage from the beginning