The so-called "games journalists" hate games and gamers.

Fight against games with questionable political content and anti-consumer game companies!
Gatekeep your hobby (and everything else) and drive them back, or you will be gatekept yourself.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZTxXXfIDbg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jgbPyrsENZQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zcLgrZnDy0U
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8LZpPwlICOQ

List of games with questionable political content/censorship
List of anti-consumer game companies and their practices
Join group Common Sense Games to be aware and make others aware of manipulation and malpractice. And never forget: Boycots work. Never preorder.

Games with additional DRM (in addition to platform DRM) like Denuvo, Arxan, Enigma Protector, can affect your game performance (stutters, lower framerates, longer loading times) and CPU temperature severely. Avoid these games.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_B1kat1nQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YnSavmI3knQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKsesO3bdv4

Know your enemy: ESG, DEI, IDEA, DEIA, BRIDGE, IND, "diversity", "equity", "inclusion", "accessibility" and other terms and acronyms just indicate infusion of Frankfurt School Marxist ideology into a company, including their products. In media and entertainment media like video games this means rewriting history and putting ideological brainwashing first and entertainment last.
Example: a game where the protagonist was changed during development from red-headed white woman to black woman "for no reason whatsoever":
https://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/app/1693280/discussions/0/3825286048536608776/?ctp=2
https://twitter.com/Viscerafest/status/1426385292454469635
https://v1.steam.hlxgame.cc/games/1693280/announcements/detail/3711568338028275983?snr=2

My first home gaming system was a Sinclair ZX Spectrum+.
My user name redsimonDE does not contain any part of my real name. I created it decades ago when I did my first steps on the internet and thought it was cool. The DE in it stands for Deutschland.

My views on Gaming:
- It's a life style. I have other interests, but Gaming is my main one. I consider myself a Gamer and actively support being called a Gamer and I think Gaming culture is wonderful.

- Games like all media are nowadays more frequently targets of political activism. There is no justification for this, games have been great in the past and nothing has changed about this. People should fight back against this invasion of political activists wherever those are trying to get a foothold and drive them out from areas they have claimed.


The following games I don't play anymore and won't play them ever again:
- Smite: Not only does this game have lootboxes, but the developers stopped adding meaningful content years ago. In addition I am boycotting HiRez Studios because of their questionable political actions.
- Holdfast: Nations At War: It's actually a good game, but the melee system is bad, which is crucial for a Napoleonic game. This ruined the fun for me so I stopped playing.