Dragon Age and The Woke Video Game Myth

a video essay about dragon age: the veilguard, woke video games, and corporate greed... All my links 💗: https://hopp.bio/Marceline ~~ Support the channel and join my Discord: https://members.marsintheory.com ~~ Chapters: 00:00 - 03:56: Intro 03:56 - 14:20: pt. 1 (f*****g pronouns) 14:20 - 25:12: pt. 2 (Dragon Age: The Wokeguard) 25:12 - 39:40: pt. 3 (enshittification) 39:40 - 44:55: eww strange people disclaimers: firstly, any usage of other creators' gameplay footage is not an endorsement of those creators (i, in fact, did not know any of them before making this). secondly, some content of this video was removed after i discovered that Padda, the content creator analysed throughout part 1 of the video, was going through some pretty awful life events right now. if some things feel cut a little strangely in part 1, it's just because i wanted to really just focus in on his arguments and some things i wrote in the original script didn't feel super great in context. idk what to even say about this, i just feel so bad that he's going through what he's going through and it just didn't feel right putting him on blast for content. but, at the end of the day, all of his harmful arguments are still super public, and also super popular - so when i say "Padda" just please replace that in your head with "gamers who hold these beliefs" and please do not harass him in anyway. bibliography: https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indust... https://ixbt.games/en/news/2025/12/30... https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/... https://www.tweaktown.com/news/91691/... https://www.gamesradar.com/games/rpg/... https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-indust... https://kotaku.com/ea-shareholders-ap... https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology... https://wccftech.com/anthem-inside-ex... https://wccftech.com/dragon-age-4-ant...