In the world of gaming and other media such as movies, this word represents a set of
characteristics that spotlights identity and
identity politics as a primary focus rather than being a natural occurrence normally found in an existing work, IP, or even real life society.
Characteristics such as Mary Sue characters, race swapping, and gender swapping; over-representing and over-focusing on minorities and characters based on sexual preference; purposefully degrading beauty as an attempt to normalize a new standard; purposefully taking white male characters and putting them in positions where they come across as
ignorant, stupid, damaged, or incapable, or only depicting them in power roles as the villain in comparison to others as a means to further elevate and spotlight "diverse" characters; purposefully putting men in support roles while women are depicted in physical roles; having a very vast majority of women in leadership roles; and the demeaning and marginalizing of hetero-normative characters.
These characteristics have in turn created pattern recognition which has done more damage to women, minorities, and the lgbtq community who now become associated with poor story writing and shallow characters due to a focus on virtue signaling over substance.
If Dragon Age the Veilguard had been created with a focus on
the original style and history of the previous games over woke
ideology, the game most likely would have gotten a much better
reception.
