Dragon age: gayness

[Walsingham]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/vide...-sex-scene.html

 

I have to say I couldn't stomach watching the whole thing, but immense kudos to Bioware for daring to put the thing in there in the first place. I'm buying a copy first thing tomorrow.

 

Personally I find the whole latent homophobia in the gaming community (witnessed in online chat) at best laughable and at worst offensive. Apart from anything else, since when were nerds paragons of masculine virtue?

[alanschu]

I did have to chuckle at it being called "secret" haha.

[Syraxis]

Zevran betrayed me, guess that means I'm heterosexual.

[Rosbjerg]

since when were nerds paragons of masculine virtue?

 

Don't you think that's exactly why there so much homophobia among nerds?

[Trenitay]

This is the most awesome thing ever.

[J.E. Sawyer]

This is only a secret to dumbos who spend less than 15 minutes learning about the game.

[Monte Carlo]

Hey, they had a Gay romance in a game and guess what? The sky didn't fall in.

 

Obviously, I'd rather there were no romances for anybody whatsoever, but at least I'm completey equal opportunities about that

[Jaesun]

I must say, as a gay man the romance with Zevran was done quite well. Was happy they included that option in Dragon Age.

 

Now if only they would allow me to finally have a gay (Male+Male) Shephard in Mass Effect, which they cut for some reason in Mass Effect 2. *sigh*

Edited November 25, 2009 by Jaesun

[Syraxis]

Hey, they had a Gay romance in a game and guess what? The sky didn't fall in.

 

"Decline of moral family values being introduced straight to our children."

 

 

kidding

[Monte Carlo]

^ I'm familiar with the argument, which is about as valid as burning left-handed people at the stake. In the UK the game has an '18' (adult) certificate anyhow.

 

"Don't look son, he's left-handed!"

[213374U]

I'm buying a copy first thing tomorrow.

I seriously hope this wasn't the deciding factor for your purchase.

[kirottu]

Apart from anything else, since when were nerds paragons of masculine virtue?

 

Since I got my first computer almost 20 years ago. Yeah.

[WILL THE ALMIGHTY]

Too bad the romance and sex scene suck.

 

 

... ignore the pun.

[Cl_Flushentityhero]

This thread is gay.

[Volourn]

I gottsa echo...

 

SECRET!?!

[Kaftan Barlast]

Im not gay, but if I was then I wouldnt go all gay with some nancyboy elf dude. Id like me a real man, someone with meat on his bones and hair all over his manly, sweaty body and that could lift logs with one arm.

 

[HoonDing]

I'd rather go for the sensitive guy that hides his insecurities by cracking wise constantly, but eventually loses his shell and tells me all about his traumatic childhood.

[Aram]

The unexpected romantic interlude has met with a predictably infantile response from some YouTube commenters,

[TheHarlequin]

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/technology/vide...-sex-scene.html

 

I have to say I couldn't stomach watching the whole thing, but immense kudos to Bioware for daring to put the thing in there in the first place. I'm buying a copy first thing tomorrow.

 

Personally I find the whole latent homophobia in the gaming community (witnessed in online chat) at best laughable and at worst offensive. Apart from anything else, since when were nerds paragons of masculine virtue?

 

Ignorance, bigotry and sillyness... *shrugs*

[alanschu]

If you read the article, the headline doesn't even make sense.

 

They quote GayGamer.net's comments that give BioWare kudos for including it. They don't really seem to criticize the game for including it.

Edited November 26, 2009 by alanschu

[Azure79]

I'd rather go for the sensitive guy that hides his insecurities by cracking wise constantly, but eventually loses his shell and tells me all about his traumatic childhood.

 

Tom Selleck in his Magnum P.I. days is the definite winner here.

[CoM_Solaufein]

I am so loving playing as a female character who can romance a hot female character.

[Gromnir]

am finding all game romances a tad... creepy. gay game romances not bother us any more than does the traditional varieties as we avoid both flavors with equal resolve. a long as we can avoid we don't genuine care.

 

however, am gonna admit one final time that we were hopeful that da would not have gay romance. is not that Gromnir is offended by such material. while we thinks game romances is invariably juvenile and tacky, we recognize that they is popular and is now a non-negotiable feature in current and future bioware games. seems like a waste o' resources to add gay, but at same time we commented at bio (almost 5 years gone by now) that if they genuine felt strong 'bout gay romance they should add, and to hell with the detractors. we encouraged them to make the best damn gay romance they could.

 

...

 

sadly, the gay minority at bio is no better than karzak was... but criticize gay board guerrillas gets one labeled as a gay basher, while criticizing karzak were deemed a public service. am not certain how many threads were hijacked by the Gay Liberation Front as they fought for equal rights or some such similar nonsense. took Gromnir out o' the "support" category and put us in the "mild disdain" group... didn't want the GLF to thinks they got their romance through incessant whining as such would only encourage similar behavior in the future.

 

end rant.

 

HA! Good Fun!

[alanschu]

Not surprisingly the gay romances are both bisexual characters, so I don't think much time would have actually been spent there that would have gone elsewhere, as we can agree that the romances are likely a guarantee from now on. From a cost analysis I don't think it would be too much.

Edited November 26, 2009 by alanschu

[Meshugger]

Kaftan is on the right track. Bullblown "manly" homo-erotic gayness for teh win.

 

The only rpg in this decade that didn't have silly romances was The Witcher. Instead, it was straight to the point: "Wanna mess around?" "Sure babe". The only RPG that tried to add a more serious tone ever was PS:T.