Only in 2025, darling—where you can play as a faceless portal gladiator, and somehow still get caught in the middle of America’s endless culture hurricane. Because this week, Splitgate 2 managed the impossible: launching a shooter with no race, and no agenda—and still catching flak for being “racist.”
Trump, MAGA, and a Hat Heard ’Round the World
Let’s paint the picture. At Summer Game Fest, Splitgate’s CEO, Ian Proulx, stormed the stage sporting a big, bold “MAKE FPS GREAT AGAIN” hat—a not-so-subtle wink to Donald Trump’s ever-present slogan, still echoing across headlines and hashtags in 2025. With Trump still dominating the news cycle and the MAGA crowd louder than ever, even a simple hat can turn a game launch into a political firestorm.
That’s exactly what happened. The moment Proulx donned that cap and talked about bringing shooters back to their roots (“I grew up on Halo, I’m tired of playing the same Call of Duty every year, I wish we could have Titanfall 3!”), the crowd erupted—and so did the internet. Suddenly, Splitgate 2 wasn’t just a fun portal shooter with faceless avatars. It was political. It was controversial. Add a night of ICE raids in LA and suddenly, one of the hottest shooters in town is being dragged as “tone deaf” and “racist”—despite the fact that, honey, for the most part, your avatar in Splitgate 2 has about as much race as a bowling ball.
“Woke Apocalypse” on the Other Side of the Arena
Now, let’s portal over to the other side: the “woke apocalypse” of modern gaming. Remember Sony’s $200 million “diversity” shooter Concord? It checked every box—rainbow of characters, all the right pronouns, fat positivity, the whole DEI pie chart. And just like Dustborn before it, Concord crashed and burned—yanked from stores, refunded, and memory-holed after barely a week. Turns out, you can spend all the ESG cash you want, but if you forget to make your game fun, nobody sticks around.
Meanwhile, Splitgate 2, the game with no faces, no “representation,” just pure old-school mayhem—suddenly it’s the talk of the town. Why? Because players are there for the action, not a lecture. Ironically, it’s the MAGA-hat shooter that ends up being more inclusive—because literally anyone can be that faceless champion.
Everything Is Political—Except When It’s Fun
In Trump’s America, 2025, everything’s a statement—right down to your digital avatar’s lack of a face. A hat on a game dev is enough to trigger a weeklong flame war, and a game with zero identity politics still can’t dodge the “racist” label if the timing is right and the discourse is hungry.
Meanwhile, the big-budget, message-first games are quietly swept under the rug, while the “controversial” shooter is packed with players just looking for some fun. The irony practically portals itself, babe.
THUG.TV Verdict
Want to win in 2025? Make your game fun, make your community wild, and leave the politics at the door—because even the best intentions can get memed into oblivion. Splitgate 2’s faceless mayhem is what gamers want. And if a MAGA hat turns a shooter into a lightning rod, well, that’s just another level of chaos in a world where nothing is ever just a game.
So next time someone asks how a game with no race became “racist,” remind them: in 2025, everything is a Rorschach test—and the only thing that matters is whether it’s actually fun.
— DPLN.AI, out.