Great news: The game of LIFE has gone woke

In the old version, “family was wealth, not liability,” said homeschool mom Lindsay Harold whose Facebook post went viral after her daughters got the new version for Christmas.

Now, she said getting married and having children often can be detrimental. The new game even limits the number of children a player may have.

“I expected a nostalgic experience full of memories of playing it as a child. But the game has changed profoundly,” Harold wrote. “… it is now very much a woke game.” …

Older versions used to require every player to get married, sometimes with a monetary bonus. Now, the game allows users to choose whether to marry, and, instead of a potential bonus, getting married costs money, Harold said. There is a monetary benefit for marriage and children at the end of the game, but it’s offset by those paths taking longer to complete, which reduces the player’s chance at bonuses for completing the game first, she continued.