I’ll especially back games exploring subject matter I’m interested in, The Watch exploring toxic masculinity with the extra awesome setting attached with only female protagonists is important design work, as far as I’m concerned. The designers are awesome but even more compelling is the trend towards the exploration of real and substantial issues in our games.

That coupled with a team that’s not just white dudes is pretty much guaranteed to get my money. I’ve been reading a ton of cyberpunk lately and every piece of fiction I’ve read that is compelling also has these components in them.

Relevance and diversity make for the best cyberpunk I’ve ever read! For that reason I’ll rearrange my spending to back projects with an eye on these things. Because I don’t think it’s just interesting, I think it’s more important than most of the things I purchase. It’s a design trend that deserves to be rewarded more than other projects, imo.