Video Games Have Become Rife With DEI and Some Fans Aren’t Buying It
15th December 2024
BioWare, developer of the wildly popular Mass Effect and Dragon Age video game series, is at the center of a new battle.
Following the failed launch of two costly triple-A titles, the studio was banking on a win. Its latest offering is the fourth title in the Dragon Age series; the last was released 10 years ago.
Initial reactions to trailers for Dragon Age: The Veilguard were decidedly negative. Longtime fans of the series criticized the softer, stylized art of the new game, comparing it to a Disney-Pixar movie.
But after BioWare invited a group of streamers and critics to a private, hands-on demo of the game, hope was rekindled. Those who had experienced Veilguard firsthand were generally positive, and encouraged fans of the series to wait for the full release.
Days before its release, clips of Veilguard were leaked, revealing that the game was rife with transgender ideology and messaging based on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI).
One scene showed a character doing pushups as penance for forgetting to use “they/them” pronouns, and then lecturing about how a simple apology was not enough for the crime of “misgendering.”
Another scene, in a high fantasy setting with dragons and elves, showed a character revealing to her parents that she identified as nonbinary.
The game’s character customization system does not allow for the creation of curvy female characters but it does allow players to add mastectomy scars.