Uniting in mutual disgust.”Įllie during a rare moment of calm in The Last of Us Part II. Abby has a serious grudge against returning heroes Ellie and Joel, and gets her revenge in brutal fashion.Ī post about the leaks from the right-leaning website One Angry Gamer bemoans Naughty Dog’s “woke anti-Christian agenda” while savoring the dismay of fans of Ellie, a character described as “the much-beloved lesbian icon for the SJWs who love to sing this game’s praise on Twitter, but had no intention of buying the game.” The post concludes with the baseless statement that “naturally, everyone is losing their minds. An April hack of the game’s developer, Naughty Dog, revealed a number of major plot points, including the role of Abby, an antagonist for the first half of the game who becomes its protagonist in the second.

The latest target of ire among this perennially aggrieved subset of gamers is The Last of Us Part II. Lady gamer? Person of color? Not straight? Nonconforming? They will persistently interpret your opinions about games and your desire to enjoy them as “forcing an agenda.” There’s a small but loud minority of people out there who want to tell you that video games belong to them and not you.

Who are games for, anyway? What kinds of people deserve to be depicted in them?

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