Gay Gaming Characters Who Could Get Married In Real Life

Coin Arcade: Gender equality and LGBT representation is as important as ever in popular culture and the gaming world in particular as developers work to provide more choices and improved realism. This means providing a lifelike depiction of the world and its environment as well as its choices. Naturally, that includes more minority and gay characters. These are a few of our favorite games and characters who can finally get the respect in real life that they got in the game.

[FunAndGun]

Ah, if only video game characters could be in real life!

You are not forced to click and comment. In before all the "shoved down my throat" and "In my face" hypocrites.

Meanwhile, "Shocking Butterface Now Famous P0rn Star!" "23 Hot Girls Caught Doing Dumb Things" "You Couldn't Expect More From an Ex-Porn Star Than" ...and many more right above my comment and on every story on N4G.

Can someone please tell me why those are just totally fine and not in your face, but every time there is a gay story, it is an agenda and forced on you?

[INTOmyMOUTH]

I'm with you buddy. My net handle says it all, right?

[FunAndGun]

Oh, I just thought you really liked Doritos and Mt. Dew.

[LightofDarkness]

Well why don't we wait until someone crosses that line before we go off on one. I agree entirely with your sentiments but it's best not to goad them into commenting at all. I've little doubt they will, give them enough rope and they'll hang themselves after all, but I feel there's no need to invite negative response. Just respond as you would without the threat of the phantom disagree brigade and the negative hate-filled types.

[FunAndGun]

No, you are right. It is just frustrating.

[Gazondaily]

"Can someone please tell me why those are just totally fine and not in your face, but every time there is a gay story, it is an agenda and forced on you?"

Who said those ads are totally fine though? The only thing is, outside of installing adblock, we don't have much choice with regard to what this site's owners would like to advertise do we?

Yes no one is forced to click and comment but surely you can understand one's frustration if the site they peruse repeatedly brings the same issues? It's not like people can install ad block in their retinas.

This extends beyond this lgbt issue. It could be the 100th Driveclub screenshots in glorious 1080p article or a console war article for the umpteenth time in a day, etc.

I don't think its hypocrisy. I can understand how its tiring when on social media we have rainbow lathered profile pictures and posts from social media about the issue and then we go on to a gaming site and that's been regurgitated on a daily basis (or weekly, whatever).

There are two sides to every story.

[FunAndGun]

Well I haven't read one comment about those big boobie ads on every story on a daily basis being forced in your face. I do however see "Forced down my throat" and "In my face" comments on every single gay story on N4G. So I guess that is why I see a discrepancy.

Any time there is one of these stories:

http://n4g.com/news/1061100...
http://n4g.com/news/1114696...
http://n4g.com/news/1117730...
http://n4g.com/news/1438251...
http://n4g.com/news/1476517...
http://n4g.com/news/1510662...
http://n4g.com/news/1591580...
http://n4g.com/news/1617982...

Do you see any "in my face comments" or "forced down my throat comments"

yes, hypocrites.

[Gazondaily]

Well Im aware that of complains made against ads before and the mods have replied to say that they have no control over them.

People also complain about the millionth Gamingbolt article regarding DX12. But no one is forced to read those are they? Are people not right to complain about them?

I'm not looking at this purely through a lgbt issue btw. But you were the first one to raise the issue before anyone even did so. Tbh, it would have happened most likely anyway but still, its like you're almost inviting the haters on here to comment.

Anyway, I just want to say, those crappy ads suck and I don't thing you should mistake our silence over the matter as us ratifying or accepting the practice. We're just used to it unfortunately. In that regard, there is no hypocrisy.

As for people's preference over straight stuff over gay stuff, well that's the make up on this site mate. No excuse for THAT kind of hypocrisy mind you yeah.

[FunAndGun]

Well Septic, it is not just the ads, that is just one obvious example. Those links in my other comment represent what I'm saying also. When a gay gaming character is brought up comments like "sexuality shouldn't matter", "sexuality isn't needed in games", "why is sexuality shoved in my face"...then we get stories like the ones I linked and it is just fine.
Big boobies, half naked women, phat butts, Kratos sex mini games, and countless other examples is totally acceptable anywhere in gaming, but mention anything gay and that is unacceptable.

You bring up that this is not just a LGBT issue, but please point me to the articles that spout these kind of negative comments directly about a persons way of life on any other issue but LGBT gaming topics:

http://n4g.com/news/1761383...

That story was the main reason I brought up the issue I did, because it happens all the time.

[Gazondaily]

@FunandGun

I'm not denying that there is an intolerance to homosexuality in general and in the gaming community. I was just playing devil's advocate regarding your point about the ads.

I can absolutely see why you are raising what you are and that hypocrisy therein.

"You bring up that this is not just a LGBT issue, but please point me to the articles that spout these kind of negative comments directly about a persons way of life on any other issue but LGBT gaming topics"

Mate there are many examples of that kind of knee-jerk intolerance. Not really towards LGBT issues but also for instance things like this:

http://n4g.com/news/1106706...

http://n4g.com/news/1097161...

"Nothing new, they are always upset about something.."

Marked as well said. Just one example mate. In fact, you commented:

"What a tragic life to always be on the edge of throwing a temper tantrum because someone offends something you believe in; how exhausting."

[FunAndGun]

No, you are right about other stories producing that kind of hatred in the comments and I didn't really mean to say gay topics are special like that. I guess it's just the frequency in which it happens and that the comments ring personal for me.

Anyway, thanks for the discussion and understanding my motivation. I think I beat this horse into the ground enough.

[spicelicka]

Everyone knows they are even more forced and in your face! I don't know where you got that assumption from. People have just stopped complaining about them though, because they've been there forever in some form, they create money so they'll never go away.

Although I agree this isn't necessarily an agenda.

[Baka-akaB]

i'll just say that you're way to amped up and angry before anything even happens . We aint in Minority Report

[FunAndGun]

This is from yesterday, that is the main reason I brought this up the way I did. Besides, it happens every time. You might not notice, but when people relate part of my life to trash and garbage and disgusting for being what I am it kinda sticks with ya.

http://n4g.com/news/1761383...

[Baka-akaB]

Even then , it's no good berating people like that in anticipation . It might actually be rare , but i've actually seen article here concerning some of those games , where people didnt make a point to troll anti gay stuff .

Hell we aint seen it here , YET .

And some people yesterday did argue in an intelligent fashion over the subject

[FunAndGun]

You are right, I jumped the gun. As I said in a previous comment it is just frustrating.

[rainslacker]

There's a disparity between what is the social norm(the ads and links you provided) and what is still considered taboo or distasteful to others.

While I have absolutely no problem with gay relationships in games or other media(or any other LGBT representation so long as it's not gratuitous and serves a purpose beyond driving an agenda), I still understand that people that aren't used to something, or don't approve of something, don't want that stuff being "shoved down their throats". This is how these matters are seen a lot of times, because now it's become more of a marketing thing to say, "hey look...we have gay people or a female protagonist in our game". It's skirting the line of "shoving down throats", and more often than not, it's not really done well anyways.

Now, the ads and even the links you provided, are showing things that are long standing social norms within our culture and society. Even the LGBT community can accept that those things, while sensationalism or possibly exploitative, are perfectly normal ways for people to behave or be interested in. The straight lifestyle, and all things associated with it being displayed or represented is not pushing an agenda, it's simply what it is...and that is a normal part of today's society. There is no real agenda being shoved down people's throats, because it's just so common place that everyone is used to it.

People may not approve of it's inclusion on this site(or elsewhere depending on context), and they may even be offended by it, but I think they've just gotten to the point where they don't even bother to mention it because it's literally everywhere.

What isn't everywhere is gay relationships, and despite the inroads that have been made in the LGBT community to have equality and representation, there seems to be this feeling among some of them that it's not happening fast enough, and that their rights and equality also has to mean acceptance and tolerance. That's just not something that they're going to get, and even after decades of the same civil rights being asked for from women and minorities, they still are not completely accepted...or tolerated in the case of minorities by some people. Some of these ideas that things have to happen sooner rather than later is why so many people feel there is some agenda behind their inclusion within our media content.

Change takes time. I don't really see it as hypocrisy, because hypocrisy means that the person is applying a different attitude towards the same principal that are opposing one another, and that just isn't the case. They see what they feel is a real agenda in the inclusion/representation of LGBT subject matter, where as they don't see an agenda in the stuff you mention.

What I feel, and correct me if I'm wrong, is that your own personal views are contrary to what is a social norm, so you believe that there is some sort of agenda against your beliefs.

All that being said, I don't believe all inclusion is agenda driven...I do feel that so far there aren't many games that can approach the subject of any kind of intimate relationship with any real reason for them to be there other than to just have them because they feel they need them for some reason.

[poppinslops]

Good conversation guys... it's refreshing to see people on N4G talking about this without the torches and pitchforks.

With regards to the all-important question of fantasy gay couples, I suppose Sera (Dragon Age) and Ciri (The Witcher)might hit it off... they'd probably argue about which of their universes is worse, but they'd eventually agree that life in a medieval fantasy sucks.

Two years later and they're living on the Citadel (Mass Effect)... Ciri's gotten mopey 'cause she misses her 'family', whilst Sera's having an affair with a girl named Jack.

Something ends, something begins... Dammit, where did I put those tissues?
All this talk of messed-up fantasy lesbians has given me a massive, throbbing tear duct.

[FunAndGun]

haha, Oh the drama!!