On Being A "Woke" Gamer

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@Telefrog

You’re correct, but I’d argue that the game is adding the mechanic because a) as you acknowledge it’s good gameplay to make the player choose between tradeoffs and b) the players, that is us, live in the modern world, so we’re adding our own value judgments anyway. If we didn’t, then there’d be no kerfuffle about Scramble for Africa or Puerto Rico or any of this thread.

Oh sure - agree 100%. And I think that last part is true of all historical art (including games) - it tends to say more about the period it was created in, rather than the period it is depicting.