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PC's Gamers Richard Cobbet has penned an editorial about how Bioware handles sexuality
in their games. At first, he talks about Dorian, the first full gay character in a Bioware
game. Cobbet writes that:
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in their games. At first, he talks about Dorian, the first full gay character in a Bioware
game. Cobbet writes that:
Another comment from Cobbet is this:I don't want to reduce the character down to just his sexuality, because as you'd expect from both Gaider and Bioware, it's not particularly what defines him - nationality, magic, friends, family all play a far larger role in his conversations and snarking, as you'd expect for a world where nobody particularly cares who you sleep with as long as it doesn't create a terrible god-baby. Sometimes not even then.
Do you agree with Cobbet?The fact that Bioware's push for inclusiveness and increasingly not defining characters by their sexuality first makes for better and more well-rounded games though isn't the real reason we should be glad that they do it. The big advantage is that in doing it, it demonstrates to the rest of the world that it can be done......The result of this is that smaller, more vulnerable companies get to see directly that even if someone does make a flap, it doesn't actually mean a damn thing, as well as being able to point to an increasing range of high profile examples of different character types, sexualities and storylines.
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