Woke Content Detector

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Lear Pokémon Scarlet and Pokémon Violet Coming soon Delta Shore Games Delta Shore Games Recommended 2022 Game Freak The Pokémon Company International, Nintendo Not Recommended Red Dead Redemption II 2019 Rockstar Games. Rockstar Games Informational encyclopedia include the character's pronouns characters have they/them pronouns. I mean have you SEEN them??? Contains subtly pro-DEI messaging. Several characters espouse modern day political sentime

Anonymous 09/09/24(Mon)02:16:38 No.203366399 I can't play any of my favorite games anymore because Woke Content Detector listed them as woke. It's over. 82 KB JPG

When I'm about to buy Futa Fix D--- Dine and Dash but Woke Content Detector informs me that it's Woke

Cerberus Xt @CerberusXt Some gold from Woke Content Detector steam curator list. "Heavy social commentary regarding communism. Whether pro or anti is unclear" LIBRARY DISCO ELYSIUM THE FINAL CUT NOT RECOMMENDED 26 April "Contains overtly pro-LGBTQ+ messaging. Features multiple LGBTQ+ characters including the player character. Heavy social commentary regarding communis Whether pro or anti is unclear." 39,99€ Read the full rev 6:15 AM • Aug 5, 2024 68.7K Views

>Furin✶10 Mar 0:27am Methodology "Woke" content = any images, messages, characters, storytelling, dialogue, music, or game mechanics that include themes associated with the left-side of the political aisle in contemporary western politics. These themes include things like: pro-LGBTQ+ messaging, pro-DEI messaging, pro- climate action messaging, pro-communism/socialism messaging, pro-abortion messaging, pro-p--------- messaging, pro-immigration messaging, pro- transhumanism messaging, anti-western society messaging, anti-human messaging, anti-colonialism messaging, anti-capitalism messaging, anti-heterosexual messaging. anti-patriarchy messaging, anti-white messaging, anti-family messaging, anti-free speech messaging, anti-gun messaging, etc. "Recommended" = No Woke themes present "Informational" = Woke themes present with subtle/no specific messaging "Not Recommended Woke themes present with overt messaging If you disagree with our definition of Woke content, or you disagree with our association of that term with one of the above-listed themes, feel free to join and let us know. For the sake of brevity. *messaging" is used in our curated reviews as a catch-all term for the presence of any of the above-listed content. If you disagree with any of our game reviews or would like more information on a specific game, feel free to join our group and make a discussion post or join in conversation that already exists for a particular game. Make sure to check the discussion posts to see if a conversation already exists for your game of interest. As far as older games are concerned: you might be thinking, how can a game made before 2012 even be Woke? Well, quite frankly, you may be right in thinking the use of the term Woke to refer to a game published when that term didn't exist is anachronistic. However, even if the term Woke didn't exist back then, the themes now associated with that term still did. Therefore, we feel it is still valuable pointing out the existence of these themes in older games for people looking to play them for the first time. Just in case people want to avoid such themes in their entirety. Whether a game is "good" or "bad" is an assessment people can make for themselves. Our only concern is whether or not a game has Woke content and if so, to what degree. If you wish to add a game to the curated list, please start a new discussion thread in the "Game Discussions" subforum. If you want to see whether a game is already on the list, please check the pinned thread titled "Games on the List." All of us would like to see more games added to the curated list. However, the list won't grow unless people like you make suggestions. Whether you are suggesting a game that contains some form of Woke content or one that does not contain any. your discussion post should be well-reasoned and substantiated. While not strictly necessary, the inclusion of supporting screenshot/video evidence is preferred. To be clear: any game listed on the steam store is eligible to be on this list. Any game for which you have experience playing or knowledge about its content is something you should consider adding to our list. We seek to provide other players insight into the games that don't have Woke content just as much as those that do. Even if you only provide one new game on the list, your knowledge can provide much needed insight for many other players. Thank you for your contributions! Last edited by Furin: 7 Jun 6:03pm

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About

The Woke Content Detector or WCDetector is a Steam community group that lists video games that have been found to contain what members of the group perceive as woke content, such as overt pro-LGBTQ+ messaging and themes, pro-DEI messaging and pro-communism messaging, among other concepts. The list also collects and recommends games with what they think have no woke content and marks some games as having "informational" woke content, meaning they only contain subtle woke content. The group was founded in March 2024 and garnered over 3,500 members and 1,400 listed games by late September 2024, inspiring numerous memes and discourse on social media and videos reacting to the list in the same span of time.

History

On March 16th, 2024, the Woke Content Detector curation and community pages were created on Steam.^[1]^[2] That day, Steam^[3] user Furin made a post on the page explaining the methodology behind the curator, describing woke content as "any images, messages, characters, storytelling, dialogue, music, or game mechanics that include themes associated with the left-side of the political aisle in contemporary western politics."

They go on to further explain the offending themes, writing that they include:

Pro-LGBTQ+ messaging, pro-DEI messaging, pro-climate action messaging, pro-communism/socialism messaging, pro-abortion messaging, pro-p---philia messaging, pro-immigration messaging, pro-transhumanism messaging, anti-western society messaging, anti-human messaging, anti-colonialism messaging, anti-capitalism messaging, anti-heterosexual messaging, anti-patriarchy messaging, anti-white messaging, anti-family messaging, anti-free speech messaging, anti-gun messaging, etc.

The group also keeps a publically available Google Docs^[4] spreadsheet that lists all games that have been added to the Woke Content Detector. As of September 20th, 2024, the curator has over 1,400 games listed, with roughly 370 recommended games, 300 informational games and 750 not-recommended games.

Online Presence

The Woke Content Detector garnered significant online attention throughout the latter part of 2024, often as the source of criticism and memes.

For example, on July 23rd, 2024, X^[5] user and game developer @HenryHoffman posted a screenshot of his game Paper Trail's inclusion on the list, writing, "oh no the woke content detector found us if only we hadn't included a *checks notes* female character that goes to university," garnering over 40,000 likes in two months.

On August 4th, a Redditor posted a screenshot to the subreddit /r/Gamingcirclejerk^[6] of Room of Depression's addition to the list, along with several other games, with Room of Depression being added for containing "overly pro-DEI messaging" because the player character is "a woman with depression," garnering over 2,700 upvotes in a month.

Huenry Hueffman @HenryHoffman oh no the woke content detector found us if only we hadn't included a *checks notes* female character that goes to university Follow Woke Content Detector to see more reviews like these 632 Follow Followers PapeR trail £16.75 NOT RECOMMENDED Contains overtly pro-DEI messaging. The player character is a female 'astrophysicist in training' who bends the spacetime continuum as a hobby. She runs away from her family to go to university. LIVE ANOTHER CRABS -20% $26.99 £21.59 NOT RECOMMENDED Contains overtly pro-LGBTQ+ messaging. The 'Rainbow Crabitalism' item features a pride flag design and pro-pride message. KAKU ANCIENT SHAL -25% £20.99 £15.74 RECOMMENDED Contains no Woke content. 10:28 AM Jul 23, 2024 1.2M Views

On September 6th, Redditor u/muffinman280 posted a screenshot to /r/limbuscompany^[7] of Limbus Company's addition to the list for having pro-LGBTQ+ themes, which was reposted by X^[8] user @tanginamaran, garnering over 1,600 upvotes and 2,000 likes, respectively, in two weeks.

On September 8th, 2024, two image macros about the Woke Content Detector were posted to the subreddit /r/whenthe,^[9]^[10] the former being about adding all games on the "not recommended" list to their wishlist and the latter about avoiding a game titled Futa Fix Dick Dine because it's on the list, garnering over 5,900 and 11,000 upvotes, respectively, in two weeks.

Me going to the woke content Detector and adding every game labeled as "not recommended" to my steam wishlist s

On September 9th, Twitch streamer Hasan Piker posted a video to YouTube^[11] in which he critiques and reacts to the Woke Content Detector list, garnering over 350,000 views in roughly two weeks.