I mean passive in that you are observing the environment, and that's the primary game mechanic. The player is passive by design.

"But I just don't think anyone was doing that."

There was certainly a lot of blatant homophobia/misogyny around the release of Gone Home. No doubt about that.

"I'm referring to people who claim they are uninterested in playing a game where all you do is walk around a house find out about the past year of a teenage girl's life. "

They didn't. The walking simulator, not-a-game, art game thing happened long before the redpill gamergate horseshit happened.

"It becomes difficult to separate the person's "critical" analysis that a game needs challenges from their position that a game about anyone other than a muscular cis white hetero male soldier type"

Sure, as much as anyone would be interested in writing anti-humor and dick jokes.

Exactly what I thought.

That's not even close to what I said.

If that's how you're reading it, that's on you.

You're right, I don't. I don't think diversifying a trash heap like [as] is very important, and I find it strange anyone else does.

Oh, you thought you were making a point by ironically erasing women's contributions to world history.

Thanks unofficial gate keeper, I'll keep that in mind.

Totally fair.

It's almost like people lurk for a while and then start commenting.

Except what I said is plausible and I'd the first in line to support it.

Yeah, all of human history is just about men.
0 women of any consequence.

More like confirmation bias and jumping to conclusions

It's easy to shit on problems that aren't problems.

Please, if it wasn't "introduction to gender studies and conflict resolution: tween edition" everyone would forget Steven Universe existed.