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Blonde bad bitch with big shoulders rule (lemmy.world)

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[-] julianh@lemm.ee 149 points 2 months ago

Half-Life 2 introduced a sidekick who's mixed race, has dyed hair, and punches cops in her first scene. And yet I've heard no one call that game woke.

[-] TheBat@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Half-Life 2 is so woke it opens with the words 'Rise and shine' 🤯

[-] Ashen44@lemmy.ca 11 points 2 months ago

Rise and grind Mister Freeman ✊️✊️✊️

[-] Glytch@lemmy.world 7 points 2 months ago

Lambda-male grindset

[-] CodexArcanum@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

There was some around HL: Alyx when it came out ("replacing a man with a femoid character!!!") but I don't think VR is popular enough with the kinds of people that really carry these movements.

As to HL2, well, for one that game I'm sad to admit is pretty old now. It predates gamergate by a full 10 years, which really kicked off our current era of astroturfed antiwokeness. And despite incredible influence and critical acclaim has never actually been very popular.

Also they see a sidekick to a white man as an appropriate place for such people. Also she was somewhat deeper into the game and chuds don't actually play these games they complain about so they probably didn't get to her. Lots of contributing factors.