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Barbie and Baldur's Gate 3 have undeniably progressive elements and are unstoppable money-making machines.

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[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Is Baldurs Gate 3 considered Woke? Why?

Is it the bear fucking? It's the bear fucking, isn't it?

[–] VikingHippie@lemmy.wtf 8 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

Maybe the fact that several characters are canonically not straight including

minor spoilerThe daughter of a benevolent god

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 3 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I am quite aware of that. My current Char is in a homosexual relationship.

My comment was supposed to be a humorous jab at the fact that BG3s romances go way further than same-sex relations.

It's not just your companions, which could have been seen as just being "player-sexual", but also NPC characters in relationship with other NPC characters, which are more direct statements.

[–] HawlSera@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Well that and you can roll an elf girl with a massive donger if you want.

[–] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

I'm pretty sure I've met someone like that in real life