The Anti-Woke Right Can't Figure Out How to Stop 'Grand Theft Auto VI'

A subset of male gamers have spent years warning that the transgressive series has been neutered by progressive developers, but the backlash isn't taking hold. Rockstar Games' best-selling series wasn't often accused of political sensitivity during its legendary run from the late 1990s through the early 2010s. In fact, parents and activists denounced the franchise for exposing children to a seedy world of sex, violence, crude humor, and wanton crime. Elon Musk even claimed that he couldn't get into the last installment,, because he was mortified to play as a character who shoots police officers. In the 13 years that fans have waited for --finally out on November 19 --the American right-wing grievance machine has drifted from fears of impressionable kids turning to a life of larceny to concerns that they will grow up "woke."