Why would they do that? Woke politics have been a thing in the games press since at least 2011. Possibly earlier (I want to say we first started seeing this in 2008
). This review by a troon was made in 2011, and complains that the main character is a "submissive sex object".
https://youtube.com/watch?v=RsyPbj7QbXUTropes vs Women was 2012.
Exposed implies it wasn't obvious from the start. I never liked ActMan. Something always felt off about him. It's like how I was criticised for pointing out Extra Credits was full of shit during the height of their popularity. At the time they were saying things like we'd run out of internet by 2015, or that games needed a price increase. It wasn't until their "playing WW2 games makes you a nazi!" video that people finally turned on them.
Related. I'd like some historical documentaries to watch, but people keep recommending me Extra History.