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the game is cool but it would be so sick if we could leave this gendered language behind in gaming. as a nonbinary person this is so fucking stupid.
Why ever would we do that? Binary people make games.
Non-binary people make games, and they use gendered language, too.
It has never been left behind, and it never will be.
Most people identify with gendered language & a binary gender. Like nearly everyone. So when discussing market appeal, it makes sense to discuss it in a gendered way.
Not every game, not all the time. But for a clearly femme coded game in makes sense to optimize towards you target audience
I know, right? And "combat" reminds me too much of actual violence. I prefer "kerfuffle" or "spot of unpleasantness".
Oh we can't say "kerfluffle." Reminds me too much of feathers and I'm a mammal.
Ok, lol.