As long as a simple gay romance in a computer game makes such a buzz something is clearly not right in this world.
I'm assuming your point is that people should just accept it as normal when they come across it in a game, even though it feels completely wrong to most people. In reality though, it isn't customers' reactions that keeps making a buzz, it's Bioware's inability to stop talking about it (as this article is a great example of). Especially David Gaider.
Meh the whole point is to persuade LGBT ppl to buy their games as those are "friendly". But I really don't see what's the fuss about, as players are not buying a game just because it tries to simulate a romance, right? Or I'm wrong?
Doesn't cause me any emotional trauma, but it also shouldn't surprise you if the vast majority of people people react to something like that being introduced to games, when it isn't something they haven't encountered up till now in games, or RL for that matter. If it honestly surprises you, that's fairly naive.
Anyway, comparing it to killing in games is a bad comparison. War is something that's gone on throughout the course of human history, and most people are taught about it at an early age. In the vast majority of games, killing of other humans comes in the context of either war, or "good vs evil". Fairly few games have gratuitous killing (or "murder" as Thrasher put it), and those that do are usually at least semi-controversal (examples: Postal, Grand Theft Auto).
I have to say it's kind of funny that one of the main themes of these comments has been "Gee, why does Gaider have to talk about this gay stuff all the time, doesn't he have more important topics to discuss?"
... and yet this post has far, far more comments than any other article on the main page.
Exactly. I am also not sure if its Gaider or Bioware "pushing" this topic, or if its just something they get asked about a lot? Gaider may have become something of a spokesperson for the topic - but maybe that is just because there are no other ones? Maybe there are people who have a need to talk about it - for the present newsbit he was INVITED to talk about it. By gay/lesbian gamers.
And props to Elikal for speaking up for himself.
Seriously!Seriously?
Why should he? If people invite you to talk about something, it indicates that there are people who want to hear your thoughts about that topic. If press picks it up it indicates furhter that there is an interest in the discussion.An invitation is something you can refuse - and if talking about these things are based on invites - then he's not refusing them a whole lot
Oh noes!!!In any case, the guy can talk about whatever he wants. Be he's exposing himself in the media - and people are responding to it.
But that, as you like to say "is just you".Personally, I'm just sick of hearing about the same things from the same guy over and over again, that's all. Maybe it's because I think it's about 0.1% relevant for a computer game - and I'd rather hear about something truly relevant.
Me neither. Aren't we generous!But I'd never try to stop him talking about a topic so obviously dear to his heart.
That said, I think people in the minority would help themselves more by not shining a light on an issue that shouldn't be an issue - because they're helping it be an issue.
Why should he? If people invite you to talk about something, it indicates that there are people who want to hear your thoughts about that topic. If press picks it up it indicates furhter that there is an interest in the discussion.
But that, as you like to say "is just you".
(Edit: and maybe the fact that it's always the same guy actually shows that there really still is a problem?)
Me neither. Aren't we generous!
But it is still an issue. We had hompophobe posts not long ago on this very board. They are rampant on the Codex. I agree that gaming is really a minor playing field. But it is one of many. Generally speaking G/L rights, and even more how (as a society but also each of us personally) we deal with homosexuals in our everyday life is still very much an issue. And in some countries a very serious issue, sometimes of life and death (Russia, many arab and african countries). So IMHO, being tired of hearing it is really not a very good reason here. And really, I don't think shutting up is a good strategy for minorities. They need to be loud or they will not be heard.