I like playing paid MMORPGs. When Age of Conan came out I was excited and was really getting into my character and having fun. One day, the game was suddenly swarming with with white supremacists and stayed that way. I remember partying with people who kept trying to recruit me into hate groups while playing. The global chat was full of their dog whistles. I remember folks trying to recruit from everything neo Nazis to Nordic cults.

At one point I made a dark skinned character from the dark skinned race in the game and instead of them yelling about my faction, they hurled insults directed at my character’s race. All the classic insults for blacks and dark skinned Arabs were included. I left that game disappointed. I love sword and sorcery but could not deal with the constant race obsession of the other players.