[2022] ‘It's true you don't see many Dwarf-women. And in fact, they are so alike in voice and appearance, that they are often mistaken for Dwarf-men.’

Hey buddy.

So, there's a lot to process here, and I'm on the clock, so you'll get the quick and dirty version.

1: We're not American. We're based in Copenhagen, Denmark. I guess that gives us a free pass?

2: We've wanted to add female characters since the beginning. It was part of the roadmap originally. However, we've painted ourselves into a corner with our systems, meaning that adding what we'd feel is a worthy representation of female characters in Deep Rock Galactic would be a massive undertaking and requires redoing many of the systems, which would set us back quite a bit. We don't want to take the easy way out and adhere to the trope that dwarves of all genders are indistinguishable from each other, so we've currently set plans for female characters on hold. We still want to do it, and I'd like you to think about that for a little while. If you feel that makes us too "woke" for you, I'm sure you can find peace elsewhere.

3: It's not a game about four male dwarves. It's just a game about dwarves mining on a hostile planet.