theme
THēm/
noun: theme; plural noun: themes

    1.
    the subject of a talk, a piece of writing, a person’s thoughts, or an exhibition; a topic.
    “the theme of the sermon was reverence”
    synonyms:    subject, topic, subject matter, matter, thesis, argument, text, burden, concern, thrust, message; More
    thread, motif, keynote
    “the theme of her speech”

Oh, please. So many people are saying that, but often incorrectly. Anything that provides the subject matter regarding a thing can be described as its ‘theme’. And different elements of a game can have differing themes. I’ll grant that I can agree with a few of the theme complaints, but mostly all this theme-hate is really just perplexing.

What I want to know is: where the hell is everyone’s imagination at? It’s up to the individual developer to come up with interesting ways to use the theme. Isn’t that the whole point of this exercise to begin with?