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On Gay Characters In Videogames
Thanks to Armchair Arcade for its feature discussing the portrayal of gay characters in videogames past and present. The article starts by pointing out: "In Troika Games' computer role playing game The Temple of Elemental Evil (2003)... the player is asked to rescue, and given the option to marry, an openly gay character", and ends by arguing: "Gay avatars are an inevitable development in the evolution of the videogame that will take place with or without this article. If we already see such possibilities opening up in even mainstream titles like The Temple of Elemental Evil, I doubt it will be long before even the idea of a fantasy role-playing game featuring only one white male avatar will seem a strange, misguided aspect of our distant past."
...the fabulous portrayal of gay people in Grand Theft Auto.
GCHQ Quantum Insert installed. If only our tongues were made of glass, how much more careful we would be when we speak
I for one believe there should be more crossdressing in video games. I still remember I think it was Space Quest 3 where you cross-dressed in the mall.
Do they have to wander around the United States until they find a city offering marriage licenses? That sounds like a pretty extensive side-quest.
What are you talking about? My neighborhood still does not tolerate head shots even though I've been trying to convince law enforcement that it's been standard in FPS games for years!
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Let's not forget the original gay character....from Nintendo no less...Birdo in Super Mario Bros 2. Yes, that pink thing that shot eggs and wore a bow...was a dude.
Will there be a constitutional amendment to ban gay videogames?
Won't somebody please think of the children?
It's simple: I demand prosecution for torture.
For once, the GNAA would be slightly on-topic, and they are nowhere to be found. Trolls are so damn unreliable.
Fascism trolls keeping me up every night. When I starts a preachin', he HITS ME WITH HIS REICH!
How many guys play the female characters in DOA?
It always pissed me off that my female avatar couldn't get any lesbian lovin at that whorehouse/tavern in act 1. I had her strip her armor and all, but neither of the women would go for her, told her to go talk to the guy. And the Token was non-refundable too if I remember correctly. So I just killed everyone in the building (except for that fat bitch, she wouldn't die, vital part of the story or some shit), but it wasn't as filling.
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The best traumatizing-to-fragile-heterosexual-identities videogame characters was GGXX's Bridget - a gender-confused boy who fights with a yo-yo and was raised as, dresses as and acts like a girl. A pretty hot girl. as cel-shaded Japanese fighters go.
Bridget probably sent more than one fanboy to therapy.
A "special" pirate? C'mon, just say it: butt pirate.