I've been playing a new game the last few days. It's a pixel art text adventure called #RoadWarden. It reminds me of a good choose your own adventure book.
The main thing that grabbed me was very un-retro, however.
It's the way the game handles gender. It is clearly set in a 'medieval fantasy world' but it's also clearly a *post-gender world*. Not in the way that some games just 'don't see gender'. This is clearly a world in the aftermath of a gender revolution.
Loukas (They/Them) 🏳️⚧️ /
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2023-08-04 05:38:10
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