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Gay players forced to play straight characters...

I didn't say the company or its games sucked. Obviously you would like me to frame the question better. So here you go: "If a company was producing story driven games of equal quality as other comp…

Replied Sep. 9, 2009

Gay players forced to play straight characters...

I do not think it is a stretch to add Hero saves distressed individual to a game. A quick swap of some skins, and a male model in place of the princess is an easy alteration. Some additional dialogue…

Replied Sep. 9, 2009

Gay players forced to play straight characters...
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Hello everyone, I wanted to start a topic that was recently brought up at GDC be the LGBT group at the conference. It is about Gay players that play story driven games where a romance is forced on…

Started this discussion. Last reply by Rich Sep. 10, 2009.

New member, as a gay man working in the game industry I figured I would join up here at Gaymers.

Hello everyone, My name is Jerry Van. I work in the game industry and as a gay man I thought it worth my time to look into gaymers. See what is going on from the consumers point of view and hear wha…

Started Sep. 9, 2009

 

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September 18, 2009
I don't think we're forced to play straight characters. It's just society is typically seen as heterosexual so its just the standard. I don't mind play as a gay character but maybe with gay under tones to it like the movie Brokeback Mountain. Even t…
September 10, 2009
Apologies if I sound rude or nit-picky. Actually your original question was phrased fine. The second question is loaded and one sided don't you think? If a company starts adding gay/lesbian themes more power to them. Of course I'll naturally gravit…
September 9, 2009
I didn't say the company or its games sucked. Obviously you would like me to frame the question better. So here you go: "If a company was producing story driven games of equal quality as other companies AND at a level of quality you were satisfied…
September 9, 2009
But we have to remember, there's a whole lot more to it than just swapping characters models around, adding text and speech and calling it a day. There's also a huge mentality behind such decisions. It was a few centuries ago for African Americans t…
September 9, 2009
I do not think it is a stretch to add Hero saves distressed individual to a game. A quick swap of some skins, and a male model in place of the princess is an easy alteration. Some additional dialogue and BAM it is done...make the default the princes…
September 9, 2009
It goes all the way back to the hero saves the princess and they live happily ever after. I doubt you can get away from that basic premise. Now-a-days it's becoming more and more like: hero saves the princess and walks into the sunset type of deal.…
September 9, 2009
i see what your saying there, but i still kinda sit on the fence when it comes to that topic. I mean it depends on how the story is written. If its something like final fantasy 8 (lovely game btw ^_~) having the main character accidentally fall in l…
September 8, 2009
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September 8, 2009
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September 8, 2009

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Profile Information

Birthday
June 30, 1973
About Me:
I am an avid MMO player, as well as platform games and internet games. I work in the game industry and am the department head for the software quality assurance department at my place of employement.
Relationship Status:
In a Relationship
Interests & Hobbies:
Gaming, cooking,
Consoles You Own:
Xbox 360, Wii, PS2, PSP, Xbox
Favorite Games:
Everquest 2, Sims, all fighting games
Xbox Gamertag:
Jerry Van
E-mail Address
jerrytvanhulle@hotmail.com
 
 

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