This came to my attention today via a friend on facebook, and thought it was worth sharing. It is nice to know that change can (and does) happen.
Worth the read – even if it hurts the eyes =)
“Straight Male Gamer” told to ‘get over it’ by BioWare
BioWare adopted a (sadly) very special and very principled stance in designing one of their recent games, Dragon Age 2. Their stance was simple: relationships are for everybody, whether gay, straight, or anything else in between. You can also have have more than one romance at a time with the game’s characters. In this game, everybody is equal. Too equal, it seems, for one particular straight male gamer who was upset to be on the receiving end of a little flirting from another male character in the game. The reaction of this Straight Male Gamer?
click the link to read the rest of the article:
http://www.nomorelost.org/2011/03/25/straight-male-gamer-told-to-get-over-it-by-bioware/
And the bioware forum link:
http://social.bioware.com/forum/1/topic/304/index/6661775&lf=8
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