Let's look at some of the themes of the major games from last year:
Modern warfare: guns, politics
Death Stranding: guns, politics, religion, abortion
The Outer Worlds: guns, politics, religion, economics
Disco Elysium (big PC exclusive of the year): basically all of that
You see where I'm going with this? These games explicitly require discussion of these subjects, mind you. Basically every major game last year at least features some of these subjects, if not actively inciting debate about them.
A big part of games industry discussion involves economics too. Looking at company financials, consumer practices etc. The whole EGS debacle, which is one of the major conversation topics in PC gaming, is all about economics.