#queerness in videogames

[witsserviceablesubstitute]

The reasons I love the bug where Zevran can rock up in DA2 and DAI's war table mission despite the player having chosen to kill him in DAO is because I remember the unbridled glee gamers had at killing him for flirting with their male Warden.

The reason I dream of Fenris, Anders, and Isabela receiving equitable consideration and dignity in discourse is because I remember the response to their characters outside progressive bubbles.

Anders had a whole homophobic manifesto written about him and sent to DA2's head writer (who's gay btw). Gamers would be proud of handing Fenris back to his slave owner because Fenris was 'difficult'. (Of course the recently escaped slave is prickly and angry). Certain fans still enjoy telling you how they kill 'the terrorist' on every Anders post, evidently because of his actions, transparently because he's a mentally unwell queer "SJW" they feel vindicated in killing. Any mention of Isabela must also apparently include slut-shaming when promiscuity is a fine response to being a former child bride who's free of their cruel and possessive husband. Isabela fearing commitment and being sexually open is not an invitation for dehumanization. I play DA2 with the polyam mod, so I could be wrong, but I always felt Isabela and PurpleHawke were well matched there anyway.

We've come far in terms of accepting diversity in videogame storytelling, but cycles of controversy around queer romance, diversity, and sex in videogames is an old one. The difference being that the industry has mostly stopped catering to conservative and contemptuous discourse now and for that I'm glad.

[its-a-geeks-world]

[deathlywounded]

“Hunt” part 2

Previous caption: Rev is a spore Druid/urchin wood elf (my favorite kind of Druid) they have horns due to spending the last years of their life living in isolation away from civilization, adopting the likeness of goats and cervines in the heart of the forested mountains. Such is their love for these animals they decided to keep the horns and the singularly colored eyes (also, they miss the weight on their head when not wearing them) Decided to make them a genderless beast because, hear me out, a shapeshifter being connected to nature n’ living away from human costumes studying fungal behavior. What would a being like that need a damn gender for? Nothing, the answer is nothing.

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[thelensart]

🎵 Enola Gay

You should have stayed at home yesterday Ah-ha, words can't describe The feeling and the way you lied 🎵

[rpgchoices]

A thousand thanks to @lairofsentinel and @alcassin to help me complete these lists!

I am finally putting all the games I know with same sex/queer romances. Mainly, I am focusing on non-dating games, so games that are about a specific plot, adventures, other non-romantic events but that do have romance options in them.

Recommended: Are all games that I played personally and that have full romance. Informational: Games I know have romance, but I have not played personally or I could not confirm there was enough romantic content, or games where the romantic content is minimal (ex. Fable)

The lists are divided (linked) in:

RPGS (ex. BG3, DA:O, DO2 etc.), in total 39 games are currently added in this list

Visual novels that do not focus around dating (ex. Solstice, Loren etc.) but that still have romantic options/romantic storylines, currently 10 games in the list

Life simulators or walking simulators (ex. Stardew Valley), currently 7 games in the list

Others, currently 7 games in the list. Others are all games that did not end up in the above categories (ex. hack and slash games like Hades, puzzle games like Newfound courage)

There is also a category for dating sim visual novels. Here I will only add games I played and enjoyed given that it is usually pretty easy to find queer visual novels.

If there is a "what to expect" summary from this blog (a lot written by lairofsentinel!!) I also linked that!

[maigetheplatypus57]

ok ok so my professor came up to me before class a few weeks ago and i was a little worried when she brought up the short writing assignment I did the day before on Unpacking but after I confirmed that I wrote it she smiled and told me how a guest lecturer was going to take up that exact game as part of their lectures on LGBTQ+ videogames and I shit you not I was so excited.

SO flash forward to now and that guest prof just finished their intro lecture, mentioning how their next one will actually focus on the game. After the lecture I walk up to them in all my youtuber merch glory, introduce myself, mention the writing assignment (which apparently the guest prof already knew about bc my prof told them??? crazy) and the prof asks me what I think about the game, and I think they were kinda hinting about the ex-boyfriend's room and how they were going to discuss the story implications of it???

but apparently I was one step ahead of them and told the prof about how I was inspired from a "streamer I watched" (cough RTGame cough) and how I've found that level 100% more enjoyable when I stopped giving a shit and just messed with the boyfriend's shit, inconveniencing him however possible and guys. GUYS.

the way the professor's eyes LIT UP dude, they even giggled when I told them about folding the boyfriend's fancy suits and placing his coffee shit on the highest shelf, and they told me that they were going to open their game just to replay that level and try what I did and man. MAN.

this lecturer has no involvement with my actual grade, but I definitely feel like I just got an A+ in making that prof's DAY.

[phospadparadscha]

the best thing about persona 4 is that kanji and naoto are there. unfortunately the worst thing also about persona 4 is that kanji and naoto are there.

[moskafleurart]

"JOB-DYING" | Un cómic sobre Lethal Company

Inspirado en una de esas partidas que te echas con los colegas

[joplays]

I've been playing Mad Maggie this season, and when she says "Open wide" while using her drill, it got me feeling like:

Whatever you want miss.

[jazzajazzjazz]

My hand slipped

(yes, a matching romanced Solas card painting is coming too)

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[chloewzzhere]

a random high asf night

no filtter because fuck this shit

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[jazperrb]

ive been seeing a lot of content of doug and i just KNEW i had to draw him (id let him squeeze me)

[60parsecsrevive]

Emmett: *hurts leg*

Baby: Emmett, are you okay?! Can you walk or do you want me to carry you?

Emmett: I can walk!

Emmett: But I still want you to carry me.

[thelensart]

Last goodbye.

[littlemxhoney]

This Palia feature scratches my ADHD just right 💭

Honestly even though I haven't decorated much yet, I love making the furniture because I love a little mystery, a little intrigue.

You think it's gonna be a pot? No, it's a lamp!

What a unique & creative way to unlock blueprints for furniture!

[hanamoinen]

Happy (late) valentine's day, everyone! I tragically forgot to post this here as well oops ^^;