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'Age Of Empires II' Developer Reveals How Microsoft Embraced Proto-Woke Policies Back In The 90s
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'Age Of Empires II' Developer Reveals How Microsoft Embraced Proto-Woke Policies Back In The 90s

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'Age Of Empires II' Developer Reveals How Microsoft Embraced Proto-Woke Policies Back In The 90s
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Sandy Peterson, a developer who worked on Age of Empires II, Halo Wars, Doom II, and others recently shared how Microsoft had embraced proto-woke policies in the 90s and cajoled him into making a Korean faction in an attempt to play the DEI representation game.

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