As you might remember, Battleship Cinematic Universe won a prize at the Movie Quiz in March.
Nearly two months later, we have now played our new game!
I can say that I’ve now played this game and it was just as (or perhaps more?) entrenched in toxic gender tropes than I thought.
Having the advantage of being socialized to absorb “male” culture things meant that I won this game all three times we played it. But did I make the tired/disappointed noise with every interstitial? I did. That lady grabbing the wrench to do something with potting soil? Annoying. The guy riding the motorcycle that jumps into the lady’s champagne glass? Dumb. The way the female/male partners were painted as adversaries rather than companions? Gross.
Matt was similarly annoyed, though layered with a slight whiff of double annoyance for not winning.
We will be moving this game right out of the house, but it was still a fun to win it. Yay us!