BioWare Launches "Gay Planet" For the Old Republic

DavidGilbert99 writes "Labelled as an 'oddly regressive move,' developers of Star Wars: the Old Republic have decided that all gay characters will be stuck on a single planet called Makeb. The move comes with the release of the Rise of the Hutt Cartel pack and the Makeb planet will be the only place in the game where players can select 'flirtatious' dialogue options with characters of the same gender. From the article: 'BioWare executive producer Jeff Hickman apologised for same sex relationships taking so long to be added to the game, referring to the company's most famous title Mass Effect, where homosexual relationships are available by default: "First of all, I want to apologize that this is taking so long to get in the game," wrote Hickman in a blog post. "I realise that we promised SGR (same gender relationships) to you guys and that many of you believed that this would be with a companion character. Unfortunately, this will take a lot more work than we realised at the time and it (like some other pieces of content we talked about earlier in the year) has been delayed as we focused on the changes required to take the game Free-to-Play. '"

Comments

Re:"Regressive"?

[Rogerborg]

Is it more complicated than removing some "if(player1->gender != player2->gender) { do_sexy_time(); }" conditionals?

Are you imagining that they have to re-do voiceovers to make them camper?

Really, what's the big deal, technically?

I expect it's not technical at all, it's more they fear the Christian Moms Against Faggotry lobby turning it into an Issue. I mean, you start with a bit of harmless man-on-man flirting, then it's wookie-on-trandoshan civil partnerships, and before you know it, everyone's marrying their gay bantha.

Re:Acceptable

[AlamedaStone]

Every group thinks theyre more insightful, wiser, and generally more intellectually mature than everyone else

Less judgmental about sexual orientation is what I said, and nothing in your informative post leads me to conclude that nerd culture is less comfortable with gays than pop culture. As for feeling judged for being a conservative on slashdot, I have to tell you that I personally don't judge you for being a conservative, but if your post is any indication I DO judge you as reactionary and willing to warp logic and ignore facts to soothe hurt pride, or whatever your particular issue is. Now I know that's a kind of intellectual fad with conservatives right now, so maybe you just thought you were being judged for your politics when it was really because you come off as kind of a jerk. I admit that I am intolerant of jerks, but I'm not ashamed of it.