another example of this is i listened to a history of Metal Slug on youtube because honestly i have seen those games around but didn't know much about them so it's interesting
then i learned in the later games you can choose to play as A GIRL
and i'm like "oh. suddenly i'm actually interested in playing this!"
@InspectorCaracal i forget who did it and alas am not having much success googling it, but somewhere out there is a brilliant parody of "i am the very model of a modern major-general" but about video game protaganists aka grizzled white dude with brown hair who is probably an alcoholic and also voiced by nolan north
it's just a point of utter ubiquitousness at this point lol