capital-G Gamers fascinate me so much because i cannot fathom the mind of an individual who insists so heavily that the existence of any sort of minority within a game is inherently political, yet also is completely incapable of recognizing when the game is actively making fun of them for bigotry.
I have bad news for both of y'all: a GamerGate chud has recently made a video decrying New Colossus Wolfenstein forward as "orange man bad: the game" and they seem to have take and run with that narrative.
When I was a kid/teen, I was embarrassed people would find out I was a gamer (was fine with the anime and Britcoms though…) and now I’m starting to be embarrassed by being gamer-adjacent again. Just…the worst.
Fundamentally people who game are good. But gamers™ are poisoning the discourse to such a severve amount that there needs to be a vigilant campaign to push back, which doesn't seem to be en vogue right now due to bigger issues.
