The funny thing is, my friend is LGBTQ - it's not at all a dog whistle for them. It's very real frustration at beloved games and IP being ruined

But they hear "go woke go broke" so often that they've been trained to look for inclusivity to blame. We like talking about topics like this, and each time I have to walk them through it again - "yes, the game is inclusive, yes, the game sucks. Let's be precise and critique it, why does the game suck? What systems and processes keep causing this?"

I think my friend is doing this on purpose to help process the emotions, because it always ends with the same conclusion

"You think it's a bad game because it is, you feel like it's an attack because they went online and said you're a bigot for thinking it's bad, and we're all biased but you're self aware and this is coming from propaganda and very valid frustration, not hatred.

"Now let's talk about the mechanisms through which consulting companies ruin everything we hold dear, and brainstorm ways to mitigate or fix these systematic problems. And would you look at that, you're sounding just a little more like a leftist each time"

Identify the problem, trace it through the system, find the root cause, and brainstorm solutions/work arounds