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Gender & Sexuality In Gaming

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:06 pm
by Crow
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Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:33 pm
by Reknoc
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?
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.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:38 pm
by Crow
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 actually meant having gays in games in general.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 3:43 pm
by Reknoc
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.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 7:29 pm
by Starlight
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.
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.

Sexuality In Gaming

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 8:54 pm
by Twinny
Decided to make a brand new thread based from the discussion form the Favorite SEGA game thread, as per Gavvie said makes for an interesting discussion. You may continue~ :D

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 9:46 pm
by Dr Shaneman
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
A part of that being it's already in English. Key factor there.

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 10:30 pm
by Reknoc
The industry still shys away from female lead characters. Sexuality probably shouldn't even be considered while publishers can even sort out gender equality.
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.
What, exactly, makes it better than other VN's? It looks exactly the same as every other VN.

edit: actually none of that makes sense, VN's have always been popular and probably the most commonly made game in Japan (because it likely easy to make them)

Posted: Tue Dec 04, 2012 11:20 pm
by Klaimen
Jim Sterling has written a quite amazing article about Nathan Drake from the Uncharted series making a good gay character. I don't see it coming, but he has the potential to come out. My favorite part is where Sterling is talking about mindfucking homophobic players with their hero coming out as a fag :P
http://www.destructoid.com/why-nathan-drake-would-make-a-fantastic-homosexual-218743.phtml

Posted: Wed Dec 05, 2012 12:10 am
by Dr Shaneman
Reknoc 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.
Eh? It does? O.o