5 years ago

How do you feel about LGBTQ+ representation in games?


I'm always quite conflicted when it comes to this. But with all the hate The last of us 2 has got in recent times it got me wondering on how others see inclusivity on anything other than heterosexual or binary in games. So I thought it would be interesting to share our experiences, lets hear the first time you were able to see something of yourself in a game or were able to do what you wanted. I'll get us started...

Mine was an old classic. It was the original Sims on pc, I had started playing my dads old copy around the time The Sims 3 was released. While sexuality was still something I was still coming to terms with I had started to play a little 'reckless', except instead of deleting the pool later I dared to put two men in the same family and move them in. And to be honest, that was that. They could do everything straight sims could do but marry (unthought of at the time by me). But other than that they lived, they played, they could adopt a kid, and they we're just the same as any other family on there.

This was of great interest to little ol me at the time as it reconciled life as a gay man with everyday life, when until then they had seemed totally incompatible. Sure there are other games that scratch the surface of LGBTQ representation, but they all ring hollow by comparison to playing a game like the sims.

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