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omg they made lemmy political

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[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Mmm but any game that provides a different storyline based on gender is opening themselves up to no end of criticism. There's just no way they'll ever win that one.

[โ€“] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago

Honestly it's free publicity. Like I know they don't like courting controversy traditionally but hbomberguy's video on Woke Brands explains how they've figured out that triggering these people can be really good for sales.