Gender & Sexuality In Gaming
Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:06 pm
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If the gay male is the one I think it is, and considering any gay characters in the Yakuza franchise, I don't think developers should be like SEGA when it comes to homosexuality in a game.huntergemini wrote:Well there's also a gay male character and a bisexual male as well.
Why can't all game developers be like Sega when it comes to this kind of stuff?
I actually meant having gays in games in general.Reknoc wrote:If the gay male is the one I think it is, and considering any gay characters in the Yakuza franchise, I don't think developers should be like SEGA when it comes to homosexuality in a game.
I found out that this generation they seem to pander to the teenage boys with dating sims and the like moreso then original games like yesteryear. (The Japanese industry)Reknoc wrote:The problem is the game industry is still incredibly immature when it comes to that. And that's the western developers, Japan are even worse.
A part of that being it's already in English. Key factor there.Starlight wrote:What is ironic is that Katawa Shoujo (A visual novel eroge) was made internationally and is better then most Japanese VNs that are Otome, Eroge AND Nukages combined!?! And it's free! 0_0
What, exactly, makes it better than other VN's? It looks exactly the same as every other VN.Starlight wrote:I found out that this generation they seem to pander to the teenage boys with dating sims and the like moreso then original games like yesteryear. (The Japanese industry)
What is ironic is that Katawa Shoujo (A visual novel eroge) was made internationally and is better then most Japanese VNs that are Otome, Eroge AND Nukages combined!?! And it's free! 0_0
I mean...I am not a fan of the stuff myself but I found it really awesome.
Eh? It does? O.oReknoc wrote:The industry still shys away from female lead characters. Sexuality probably shouldn't even be considered while publishers can even sort out gender equality.