Politician Derails Stop Killing Games Debate With Anti-Woke Rant

A four-day monthly plenary session in Strasbourg included debate and voting on the Stop Destroying Videogames initiative, also known online as Stop Killing Games. During the debate, any MEP could speak, and a livestream audience heard an off-topic rant by Milan Uhrík, leader of Slovakia’s far-right Republic Movement. He claimed “wokeness and aggressive monetization” are destroying video games and argued that political correctness is being forced into games. He cited examples including a game where players can play as a queer character and Assassin’s Creed Shadows. He argued that samurai should be Japanese and that players should not be forced to play as a Black warrior or a female warrior, and he framed queer character options as an issue for players.

"“Wokeness and aggressive monetization is destroying video games,” began Uhrík's unhinged rant. “You wanted to talk about what's destroying video games here in the European Parliament? All right, I will say it loud: one thing that is definitely destroying video games is the crazy, woke ideology and political correctness, which is being forced into the games.”"

"Uhrík, who described himself as a “computer game player,” mentioned two examples of said “woke ideology” during his speech: a non-specific game in which you “play as a queer character,” and Assassin's Creed Shadows . “For example, if we want to play as a samurai, obviously we want to play as a Japanese warrior and not be forced to play as a black person warrior or female warrior, as it happened recently in ,” Uhrík continued."

"“Or, to play as a queer character without any other choice. This is an issue, really, for players.” His bizarre aside was similar to remarks made by Assassin's Creed a random angry Ubisoft shareholder during a 2025 investor briefing."

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