straight, white, self-identified "gamer", male feels marginalized by the option to be gay in a dungeons and dragons fantasy videogame

it's not d&d, it's a mashup of lotr fanfics and final fantasy.

“In every previous BioWare game, I always felt that almost every companion in the game was designed for the male gamer in mind. Every female love interest was always written as a male friend type support character. In Dragon Age 2, I felt like most of the companions were designed to appeal to other groups foremost, Anders and Fenris for gays and Aveline for women given the lack of strong women in games, and that for the straight male gamer, a secondary concern. It makes things very awkward when your male companions keep making passes at you. The fact that a “No Homosexuality” option, which could have been easily implemented, is omitted just proves my point. I know there are some straight male gamers out there who did not mind it at and I respect that.

When I say BioWare neglected The Straight Male Gamer, I don’t mean that they ignored male gamers. The romance options, Isabella and Merrill, were clearly designed for the straight male gamers in mind. Unfortunately, those choices are what one would call “exotic” choices. They appeal to a subset of male gamers and while its true you can’t make a romance option everyone will love, with Isabella and Merrill it seems like they weren’t even going for an option most males will like. And the fact is, they could have. They had the resources to add another romance option, but instead chose to implement a gay romance with Anders.”

can someone change my name to The Straight Male Gamer

sorry but gay people who would identify with/feel vindicated by this are... kinda gay


maybe vindicated isn't the right word there

duke nukem...forever canceled? ?B-{|

Nope, new trailer (nsfw):http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=54a0AXdDPzk

edit: Old link down, here's a new one (still nsfw): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q-awAXTO8rg