On Gay Themes In Videogames

shadowcabbit writes "Gamespot's most recent GameSpotting covered a wide range of topics, but probably one of the most intriguing among them is the examination of homosexual themes in video games. The article raises a few interesting questions, such as 'how much longer until an explicitly 'gay' game comes out?', but oddly focuses on male homosexual relationships, claiming them to be a way to entice female players; and mentions that while the main purveyors of homosexual content in games are Japanese companies like Squaresoft and NEC (who made the infamous Chou Aniki series), U.S. producers are starting to slip in some risque content, citing Temple of Elemental Evil's 'gay pirate' Bertram, and Will Wright's The Sims not balking at same-sex couples adopting a child character." We've previously covered another article on a similar subject.

Comments

Who Has Time?

[blunte]

Who has time for gay video games when there are so many gay pride marches to attend!

Hasn't Homosexuality been Common in Video Games?

[dancingmad]

Wait, what about Mario and Luigi? Haven't they been around for a while? ;)

Let's not even mention Toad...