Why is race and nationality ignored so much in the lore? (why does the lore fail)

[Gramul]

must not played pong.... Or the sims. Or Flower. all of which are highly sucessful and little to no "game" involed.

Don't forget Tetris and the thousands of other falling geometric object puzzle games. I'm pretty sure they all consist of one zone and repetitive actions.

Or maybe I'm just not grasping the concept due to lack of sleep.