Video games are a portal to a world of fantasy and escapism. They give players the potential to be whomever they want, from a swaggering swordsman to an arcane sorcerer. Thus, when activists insist on playing transgender characters, complete with body modification scars, rather than male or female characters, it calls into question just how sincere the radical gender ideology movement is.
“Dragon Age: The Veilguard” cranks the identity politics obsession in gaming up to 11 with a series of utterly bizarre character customization decisions. In addition to the pronoun and gender options that seem to come standard with all woke games these days, players can add chest surgery scars to their characters to indicate they’ve had their breasts removed.
Some might argue this is merely another example of inclusivity. Why not add an option where people can reflect themselves more accurately? Why are you such a bigot?!
But this desire to be “inclusive” ignores the obvious question. In a fantasy where players can be whatever they want to be and craft a character that truly matches how they feel, why would they willingly choose specifically transgender avatars and not just the sex they think they are?
“Veilguard” allows players to select their sex and pronouns, meaning the game would treat them for all intents and purposes as a man or a woman during actual gameplay. If the end goal of all the social transitioning and physical surgeries is to make one truly the opposite sex, why not
