Games have been political for as long as games have had stories. It's just that in 1981 killing nazis in Wolfenstein was a completely non-controversial topic. W

Games have been political for as long as games have had stories. It's just that in 1981 killing nazis in Wolfenstein was a completely non-controversial topic. We fought in WWII. Shooting nazis is the American thing to do. Bioshock? Fallout? The worlds portrayed in those are intensely political topics. But the "keep politics out of my games!" crowd only shows up when it turns out one of the characters is gay.