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Yeah, I'm not sure what the logic is behind not letting you choose when you create your character. Though I guess you'd run the risk of going into Dragon Age: Origins as a gay character and being stuck with the sleazy Zevran, when Morrigan is so much cooler, despite her deep cleavage. Fallout: New Vegas actually allowed you to pick perks (or whatever the game calls them) that opens up flirtatious dialogue options with either male or female characters (or both, if you get both perks). Of course, it's limited to only a few characters throughout the game and there is no actual romance to be had anywhere regardless of sexual orientation, but still. I think BioWare learned their lesson and any potentially gay characters will keep it in their pants until you come onto them from now on.

I like the way Dragon Age 2 did it (it was one of the few things it did right). In the first game, there were two bisexual characters to allow for a same-sex romance for characters of either gender. In the sequel, all of the love interests are romanceable by either gender (save for the DLC-exclusive character), so that's two female and two male characters that can be romanced by anyone, plus a DLC-only character that can only be romanced by a female main character. This did lead to a lot of comments about how it makes no sense for everyone to be bisexual, though, and how BioWare should have created characters with fixed sexualities. Which kind of makes sense, I guess, but at the same time you'd most likely end up with a situation like in the first game, where anyone wanting to play a gay character would only have one character to choose from, because how likely are they to create several gay characters for you to romance? It'd be like Baldur's Gate 2, where guys have three women to choose between, while girls are stuck with the most self-righteous character in the game. How far things have come for female characters in BioWare games! There were also complaints about how one of the male characters in Dragon Age 2 comes onto you even if you're playing a male character (turning him down gives you a slight penalty to your friendship with him, but it's nothing that can't be fixed by bringing him along on a quest or two), so I really don't think the world is ready for a gay Nathan Drake yet. Or maybe it's just the vocal minority (or BioWare fans) that have a problem with it. Tim Buckley sums up the opinions of the people who had a problem with it rather well in a way only he could (the comic and the newspost below it).

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Welcome back.

Those are most colorful life drawings I've ever seen. :p I've had pigs on the brain lately. And on my finger.

WHY MUST YOU TOY WITH US LIKE THIS? Not a big fan of the stealth edit in the article, either.

Extra Credits did an episode on sexual diversity in video games with a focus on Persona 4. I, um... kind of think he's on the wrong track with the Persona 4 characters, though, but his more general points might be of interest.

I guess the 3DS pushed them over the edge. :p I still hate that the 3DS is region-locked, but this makes it slightly more bearable.

I call this masterpiece 'Pig'. I really need to sculpt something tomorrow.

But... it's in the rules! BAN HIM.

I like Mass Effect. I wish Zelda was more like that.

Um, not particularly? If you want Demon's Souls, play Demon's Souls.

Well, that sure didn't seem to slow you down! :p Maybe we should break his fingers for the next round.

I agree with Jonnas. Next time, make sure to post the round when Captain Falcon isn't around. 10 is Mario Strikers Charged.

I just want to play Maaaass Effeeeect. Even if I spend most of my time just driving around on empty planets.

Aww, I wouldn't say your love life is bad, Moogle. I'd say you don't have a love life, period.

I love how being able to move and shoot at the same time is considered a huge innovation in the Resident Evil series. I hope this will be campy co-op fun.

Jamba and Happenstance have said they want to be taken off the list.

You can just quote my post to find out. Just use the YouTube tags and paste in the bolded part of the YouTube address: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coI_U4NFfZ0

Happy birthday, he-who-has-not-posted-since-July.

Like this:

That's pretty much exactly how I feel about comics. For what it's worth, ReZ claims that Invincible is completely self-contained, and I don't think there are any retcons or anything like that. I seem to recall him saying it was decent?

NOBODY OUTGAYS MAGNUS.

I've figured it out! The murderer is... this guy!

Welcome to the world of comics. Ultimate Spider-Man is worth reading. It's fairly consistent and mostly self-contained. And trades are always the way to go.