47
Should we use the "anti woke" steam curators to buy games? (media.fedia.io)
submitted 3 days ago by atro_city@fedia.io to c/gaming@beehaw.org
36 comments fedilink hide all child comments

And leave reviews saying "Bought this game because it was on the anti-woke curator's list. Thanks"?

Edit: it seems like people understand this post as a "let's buy non-woke games". I mean it as "use the list to find 'woke' games" and buy those. Not mindlessly, of course. But review-bombed "woke" games can have a harder time (especially in their forums), because of such curators and it could be a good way to discover actual good games that are subjugated to hate coming from these curators and groups.

all 40 comments
sorted by: hot top controversial new old
[-] Eggyhead@lemmings.world 8 points 2 days ago

I’m going to buy a game if it’s good and I like it. “Woke” won’t make a bad game good or a good game bad.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 2 points 2 days ago

That's good, because that wasn't what I was suggesting 🫰

[-] luciole@beehaw.org 9 points 2 days ago

I've absolutely been attracted to games that were suffering from anti-woke review bombing before. I wouldn't buy something in a genre I don't care for just because but being referred as woke, even negatively, is always a plus for me.

That being said I wouldn't advertise my support of the game specifically as a jab at the anti-woke mob. I'd simply leave a positive review underlining precisely how this game is inclusive and why that's a good thing.

[-] ConstableJelly@piefed.social 41 points 3 days ago

Fucking yikes.

image

[-] kate@lemmy.uhhoh.com 7 points 2 days ago

IIRC one of these anti-woke lists says counter-strike is woke because there's a character model that's woman with muscles

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

Maybe I should make an "anti-woke" list and say the racist games are woke, just to mess with them.

[-] PrivateNoob@sopuli.xyz 20 points 3 days ago

On a game with "schoolgirl" in it. Outed as pedo ngl

[-] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 41 points 3 days ago

No. Instead, you should buy games that are good.

[-] Rose@lemmy.zip 11 points 3 days ago

And those often happen to be "woke". Baldur's Gate 3, Hades, the Spider-Man games, etc.

[-] froufox 4 points 3 days ago

Sekiro is a good game, but iirc they marked it non-woke

[-] araneae@beehaw.org 4 points 3 days ago

It would be if Lady Tomoe had actually been in the game

[-] SteleTrovilo@beehaw.org 1 points 3 days ago

Oh, for sure! I replied to the first version of the question, which was worded in a way that sounded like OP was looking for anti-woke games, instead of the reverse.

[-] Skua@kbin.earth 28 points 3 days ago

To be honest it seems like they're so paranoid about The Woke™ that it would be almost useless. It would just be a recommendation for every single game that has a plot and wasn't made by dickheads

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 17 points 3 days ago

Instead of just saying that you bought the games from the non woke list in your review, why not give a personalised review? "I like that this game depicts gay women in a historical context" or similar?

Makes it clear that you actually engage with the diversity rather than using their games as a platform to "own the right" or whatever.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 6 points 3 days ago

You can do that too. For me, it would fulfill two functions: give a review for a game with my honest opinion, and help make the "anti-woke" lists a double edged sword for the bigots: if you make a public list, it may also be used by the "woke" to support their games.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 1 points 2 days ago

Then the bigots will cackle and laugh out of getting a reaction from you. IMO not worth it.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

If you spend money on games they are trying to boycott and take attention away from, I don't think they'll cackle. Especially if many people do it. Then their lists will achieve exactly the opposite of what they want to achieve.

[-] TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org 18 points 3 days ago

OP, I'm assuming you mean should we buy games that are on these curator's lists as being "too woke" just to spite them? I think folks are a little confused about what your question/argument is, here. Also the typo in the title isn't helping.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 10 points 3 days ago

Yeah, woke. Oops.

I'm not suggesting "buy every game on this list" but to use it as a means to discover games. There are probably good games on there which get undue hate from the curator's followers and are not very well know. The followers do try and review bomb the games, so they don't bubble up to the top naturally.

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Haha. I already do this.

I've discovered lots of great games and media after being warned about one "woke" aspect or another.

Edit: I'm not sure tolerating the writing quality I expect from such a list is worth it for some game recommendations, though.

[-] TheAlbatross 16 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

I'm confused. What is anti-work in relation to gaming?

The link just seems to point to a list of steam curators who talk like middle schoolers in lieu of a review.

This post is baffling to me.

[-] Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone 26 points 3 days ago

It's a typo in the post title. The body refers to anti-woke curators, which incidentally makes your description accurate

[-] TheAlbatross 17 points 3 days ago

...oh.

This post is supremely stupid then.

[-] Bougie_Birdie@piefed.blahaj.zone 5 points 3 days ago

Yeah, I think this post suffers from being vague. The default reading would be to take the curators at face value and follow their opinion.

A more charitable reading, and one that I hope OP had intended, is to buy the games that these curators recommend against, because if they think they're bad for being woke that probably means they're good.

To OP: I'm of a divided opinion. On one hand this is probably a decent method of discovery, and I absolutely want to make those curators feel as unwelcome and foolish as their hateful rhetoric. On the other hand, I don't want to surround myself with hatred or live for spite. Plus I think calling them out would count as feeding the troll, and the Streisand effect suggests that would actually help them by creating engagement.

[-] Azzu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 3 days ago

I'd rather live my own life than live my life just to spite someone.

[-] pinball_wizard@lemmy.zip 5 points 3 days ago

I mean, it's possible to do both, though.

[-] who@feddit.org 8 points 3 days ago

I prefer not to give those people any attention at all.

[-] atro_city@fedia.io 1 points 2 days ago

It's not about given them attention, but the games they are boycotting.

[-] IntrovertTurtle@lemmy.zip 10 points 3 days ago

Oh wow. Imagine thinking that 'woke' is actually a thing. When I was in high school, 'woke' just meant 'real shit' or something similar.

Now it's a buzzword used by incels to push their brand of 'but muh feelies don't like that.' This post fucking reeks of selfish entitlement.

[-] araneae@beehaw.org 5 points 3 days ago

You missed some updated context; OP messed up, they meant they shop AGAINST the list and see it as a good way to find "woke games" which generally just means games not made by complete assholes.

[-] SCmSTR 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

You'd think so. But if you actually look for games that aren't woke on there, there's like one game nobody's heard of because that list is really just a ton of stupid people complaining about stupid people things and trying to attract more stupid people. So basically, EVERY game is woke and the list is useless and anti woke people are sad and have nothing

this post was submitted on 18 Feb 2026
47 points (100.0% liked)

Gaming

34292 readers
53 users here now

From video gaming to card games and stuff in between, if it's gaming you can probably discuss it here!

Please Note: Gaming memes are permitted to be posted on Meme Mondays, but will otherwise be removed in an effort to allow other discussions to take place.

See also Gaming's sister community Tabletop Gaming.

This community's icon was made by Aaron Schneider, under the CC-BY-NC-SA 4.0 license.

founded 4 years ago
MODERATORS
alyaza@beehaw.org
TheRtRevKaiser@beehaw.org
gyrfalcon@beehaw.org
Whom@beehaw.org
The_Hunted_One@beehaw.org
chloyster@beehaw.org
remington@beehaw.org