Why Video Games Need More LGBTQ Representation

Diversity is perfectly fine, its forced diversity that is lame. if being "the gay one" is the only quality the character has, then its just an implant for the sake of implant....yet these are the same people that dislike tokenism
Masako is an acceptable example. she had a whole arc involving her family and past, she just also happened to like muff, but it was not socially acceptable so she kept it on the downlow
. then we have shit like at the very end of Rise of Skywalker (and plenty of other movies i might add) where its just there to pander. no set up, no "oh shit really?" reveal, just thrown in for the sake of it being so.

my least favorite of all is diversity that could have been great, but instead treats the characters as the forced diverse characters. the best example of this, that happened recently was the movie 1917. in like 2 scenes they included africans in british uniform, and it was only like one or two each time....why not hire like 30 africans....put em in French uniforms? you dont even have to mention it (since they were not spoken to in the movie anyway), but it would have been more accurate. and look more minorities would get a paycheck. then there is another scene where the main character is in the back of a truck, and there is one single indian guy. how about this for a superior scene. main guy still gets picked up, this time, truck is full of indians (segregated units and all). now its been established the main character is just a farm boy from the home island, i doubt he would have met many if any people from the Raj. why not have him ask about their funny hats? they drop like three lines about their religion, then mention they are there fighting for the crown to try and get independence for their own nation/people. BAM! more historically accurate, again more minorities getting paid, and the viewer has also gained some knowledge.

im sure there are plenty of other examples involving both race and orientation but i think you see my point.
 
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I'm fine with LGBTQ characters in gaming, but only if they're well written.

People just don't want obvious moralizing pushed in their face. They also don't want to be talked down to in marketing, either.

Example: the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater has a non binary skater, and in her trailer she talks about how important diversity and queerness is in skateboarding. If they just had her in the game, I wouldn't care, but this shit just makes me think that she's in there to turn a goofy skateboarding game into political propaganda, and not because she's a good skater.
 
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DNA_JACKED said:
And yet despite this going on over half a decade and economics rendering these games economic failures, they still push.

Same with movies. Woke movies have been obliterated at the box office for a decade yet they STILL KEEP COMING.

The industry is pozzed and needs a stern glassing.
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Sure, but as equally as waves will continue to roar as long as there's a moon to dictate their motion, there will be a push socially for what people consider to be normal as dictated by the times they live in. The only thing we need to worry about really, is whether we even get involved with the nonsense, that's why we've seats on the sidelines, to point and laugh at this nonsense.
 
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Like I don't know shit about games but isn't the whole fucking point of GTA being an aggro asshole?

It's fucking GRAND THEFT AUTO, not some fag shit like IDK... writing a bad check to the guy who catered your wedding brunch, or whatever the fuck fags do to go to jail.

Like if he was all meek and had a lisp and shit, how would that not be a negative stereotype as well?

Can't win with these people.
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And it’s the other way around, really. He’s not a “pansexual with aggressive traits”, he’s a sociopath who fucks people because he enjoys fucking people and doesn’t really care whether they’re male, female, or (as we find out in one mission) a teddy bear he’s cut a hole in. And he really, really doesn’t care about consent.

It’s alluded that he’s also a cannibal and possibly a necrophile.

It also says something that he’s somehow one of the more sympathetic GTA protagonists.
 
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You may remember Gamergate.
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You mean that thing you've been writing about everyday for the past 5 years? No.


For the longest time, cisgender men have dominated the video game industry and have continued to be mistaken as the face of the entire gaming culture. This diversity problem not only prevents women gamers from gaining visibility, but it also hampers the development of a safe and inclusive environment for other minorities in the gaming space, namely the LGBTQ+ community
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The reason why normal boys/men dominate videogame culture is because it was geared towards us, because it appeals to men. Women, who demand to have their own spaces, decided that isn't good enough and bullied their way into the culture and told the us we're pieces of shit for starting it.

If getting made fun of, or hearing foul-language over steam or x-box live makes you feel "unsafe" then you should find a new goddamn hobby or put it on mute. Because calling each other faggots and niggers is just what men do, we don't take it personal.

Over the years, game developers have attempted to represent the LGBTQ+ community in the best way they can. However, queer characters continue to be a rarity in video games today.
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Because LGBTQ doesn't already get shoehorned into every-fucking-thing. Can straight men have a space of our own? Everything we start you guys invade it, villianize us, and then ruin.


Why do you think there is still a lack of queer characters in most video games today?
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Unlike what Netflix portrays on its shows, gay people make up a really small part of the population, and an even smaller amount of them play video games (aside of Animal Crossing).

Most people are accepting, or at least tolerant of gay people and their lifestyle, but that doesn't mean we're necessarily comfortable with seeing it everywhere and all the time. Especially in hobbies geared towards, and consumed by us. You don't see Joe Six-Pack trying to add half-naked chicks and football into musical theater.
 
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This is one of the many reasons I have not been able to get into any game released since ~2012. (Well, except for MGSV)

Between all of the microtransactions, Identity Politics, loot boxes, ham-fisted multiplayer, DRM, and internet dependency, its almost impossible to find an untainted game in this market. Call me a nostalgiafag but retro gaming doesn't have any of these problems.
 
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So this isn't enough for you?
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Jack Awful said:
I'm fine with LGBTQ characters in gaming, but only if they're well written.

People just don't want obvious moralizing pushed in their face. They also don't want to be talked down to in marketing, either.

Example: the new Tony Hawk's Pro Skater has a non binary skater, and in her trailer she talks about how important diversity and queerness is in skateboarding. If they just had her in the game, I wouldn't care, but this shit just makes me think that she's in there to turn a goofy skateboarding game into political propaganda, and not because she's a good skater.
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I can't wait until 10 years from now when people look back on the whole "nonbinary" thing and laugh their asses off. All these companies are trying to make products that Millenial Moms are comfortable with. Once their eggs die all this bullshit will evaporate.
 
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If there's going to be more LGBT representation in games, I hope it's going to be like that character who provided gender reassignment surgery for free:

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Outlast Whistleblower is so progressive, there's even a stunning and brave post-op transwoman giving birth!

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These people live in a super small bubble. If you are doing something with your life, you meet people of all colors and orientations, you dont need a video game to show you that gay or black people exist, and that some are good people and other, assholes, like any other group of people. If you say, I want more X and Y characters in your games, thats okay, thats your preference, but to say it is needed its like thinking that you can solve real life issues in a virtual enviorment.
 
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The Pink Panther said:
GAMERGATE
GAMERGATE
GAMERGATE
GAMERGATE
GAMERGATE
GAMERGATE

Holy fuck, will it never end?
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Cyclonus said:
You notice how they don't even mention journalistic corruption when they bring up gamergate anymore? They don't claim it was a campaign for journalistic ethics that was taken over by misogynistic trolls or even that it was a harassment campaign masquerading as a campaign for journalistic ethics. No, the current narrative is that gamers suddenly decided in 2014 to kick out all women and minorities for no reason whatsoever despite not giving a shit for the previous 30 years.
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I missed the whole GG shitshow when it went down, but I'm now pretty up to speed. Why was it so devastating to them, that it gives them 'Nam flashbacks even 6 years later?
 
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