Yes, most AAA movies and video games have incredibly lazy story telling. What a shock. Or they latch onto an IP and they squeeze as much money as they can out of it. Most of the interesting stuff I play tends to come from indie developers, though you might get a rare gem from a AAA like Spec Ops: The Line. Is it too much to ask for them to try a little harder?
Not every game needs a story either and novel gameplay can be it’s own reward. Sandboxes and sims and rougelikes are a lot of fun too. I’m currently obsessed with Crypt of the Necrodancer.
Which isn’t a problem anymore, because developers usually target consoles first and port to PCs later. I haven’t had to upgrade my tower in years. The requirements have gone down. Most normal people also just buy a console or play on their phones.
As someone who also does track days, they’re much friendlier than the general cesspool of internet comments you get whenever someone mentions “video games” and “women”.
Excuse me, which female leaders?
Joking aside…many women are the primary care givers (for children and the elderly) because it’s been left to us, both in the professional and personal world. Not that women don’t do this work because they enjoy it or love their families, but that our society also slants things this way. Much of our culture works to reinforce gendered stereotypes that helps to cement the “rightness” of these stereotypes in people’s minds. It becomes “common sense” and “how things should be”, no matter how things actually work in real life, and those who push against these norms are often shamed for it… especially starting in high school.
