Rockstar's 'Bully' Displays Homosexual Tennci - Towleroad Gay News

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• BOY ON BOY ACTN - IS GAY CONTENT ON THE RISE?
• GAY GAMERS PH FOR MORE PLAYER CHOICE, LIKE SAME-SEX SMOOCHG IN 'BULLY''GIVG PLAYERS MORE PERMUTATNS IS GOOD FOR BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT PLAYERS,' SAYS CHRIS GRANT OF BY ARCHIVE-BERNARD-LUMPKAPRIL 12, 2007/6:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-BERNARD-LUMPKAPRIL 12, 2007 / 6:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY GAMERS PH FOR MORE PLAYER CHOICE, LIKE SAME-SEX SMOOCHG IN 'BULLY'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-12T22:20:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-12T22:20:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-BERNARD-LUMPK"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET A GROUP OF GAY GAMERS (A.K.A. "GAYMERS") TOGETHER, AND THE NVERSATN WILL EVENTUALLY TURN TO BULLYG. NOT THE SCHOOLYARD KD, BUT THE GAMG KD -- AS ROCKSTAR'S "BULLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(SEE "GAYMERS" TAKE A STAND AND TALK ABOUT "BULLY" AND MORE THIS VIO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HERO OF THE WILDLY POPULAR SANDBOX GAME N KISS BOYS AS WELL AS GIRLS, PENDG ON HOW EACH PLAYER CHOOS TO PLAY THE GAME. "THE TERTG THG ABOUT 'BULLY' IS YOU'VE GOT THE CHOICE," SAID FLYNN DEMAR, 39, FOUNR OF THE POPULAR GAYMER WEB SE "AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPTN MAK THE GAME MORE REALISTIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GAY GAMER TO SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF SAME-SEX SMOOCHG "BULLY." "I HEARD ABOUT BEG ABLE TO KISS BOYS AS WELL AS GIRLS," SAID MELV LASKY, A GAMER WHO HAPPENS TO BE STRAIGHT. "AND I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT WAY TO GA MORE STRENGTH, NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY OR STRAIGHT, EVERY GAMER N APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYER CHOICE VIO GAM. "GAY GAMERS ARE LOOKG FOR THE SAME THGS THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS LOOKG FOR A GAME -- 'S JT THE NCEPT OF CLN," SAID ALEXANR SLIWSKI, NTRIBUTG EDOR OF THE BLOG "IT'S HAVG OPTNS. IT'S PLAYG THE GAME THE WAY YOU WANT TO PLAY . BEE A GAME, YOU ARE THE STAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS OF THE TYPE OF GAME BEG PLAYED -- OM FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS TO SPORTS GAM TO OPEN-WORLD GAM -- MANY GAMERS FEEL THAT THE MORE OPTNS A PLAYER HAS TERMS OF HOW HE OR SHE PLAYS, THE BETTER THE OVERALL GAMG EXPERIENCE WILL BE. "GIVG PLAYERS MORE PERMUTATNS IS GOOD FOR BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT PLAYERS," SAID CHRIS GRANT, MANAGG EDOR OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHARACTER CTOMIZATN AND PLAYER CHOICE ALLOW GAMERS TO ROLE-PLAY AND EXPERIMENT WH THEIR OWN INTI WAYS THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE THEIR OWN LIV AND, SOME S, TO BETTER UNRSTAND HOW SEXUAL ROL ARE FED THE REAL WORLD. ACRDG TO STRAIGHT GAMER ERIC MONACELLI, "TOMB RAIR" MA THE STEREOTYPILLY MACHO ADVENTURE-GAME GENRE ACCSIBLE TO ANY GENR, OM THE STANDPOT OF BOTH CHARACTER AND PLAYER. "EVEN A MACHO GUY N ENJOY PLAYG AS LARA CROFT," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY AND STRAIGHT GAMERS ARE LOUD AND CLEAR WHEN TO THE ADVANTAG OF PLAYER CHOICE, AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE GAM ARE GETTG THE MSAGE. "WHEN PEOPLE PLAY VIO GAM, THEY LOOK FOR A REFLECTN OF THEIR OWN VALU AND THEIR OWN EXPERIENC, BEE THAT'S HOW THEY NNECT TO THE GAME," SAID JEB HAVENS, LEAD SIGNER AT 1ST PLAYABLE PRODUCTNS AND ONE OF THE FEW OPENLY GAY SIGNERS THE DTRY. "IT'S OUR JOB AS VELOPERS TO MAKE THAT NNECTN. PLAYERS DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THE GAME IS TREATG THEM LIKE AN OUTSIR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVENS WOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT DTRY LEGEND PETER MOLYNX -- THE MD BEHD "FABLE," A GAME THAT ALLOWS FOR GAY MARRIAGE -- SHAR HIS PHILOSOPHY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE WHO THEY WANT TO BE," MOLYNX TOLD MTV NEWS AT THE RECENT GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE SAN FRANCIS. "THE POT IS THAT THE GAME'S ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU LIKE, AND IF THE WORLD REACTS TO THAT, GETS ME EXCED." WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE VELOPMENT OF THEM THE POPULAR SERI, MOLYNX CED A POLL GERMANY ASKG PLAYERS WHAT FEATURE THEY WERE MOST LOOKG FORWARD TO THE GAME. "AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS, BEE I THK REPRENTED A EEDOM A GAME THAT ACTUALLY WAS BIGGER THAN JT WHAT THAT ONE FEATURE WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL WRIGHT, CREATOR OF "THE SIMS," SE EEDOM OF CHOICE AS A CREATIVE CHALLENGE THAT VELOPERS OUGHT TO EMBRACE. "HOW DO WE GIVE THE PLAYERS AS MUCH EEDOM AS POSSIBLE WHOUT GETTG TOO DISTRACTED BY THE GRAPHICS VOLVED?" HE ASKED. "FOR ME, THAT'S THE UNCHARTED TERRORY." IN THIS RPECT, PROGRAMMG GREATER EEDOM OF CHOICE TO GAM ULD BE JT AS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF GAME VELOPMENT AS TECHNIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS MORE AND MORE VELOPERS JO THE RANKS OF MOLYNX AND WRIGHT ADVOTG FOR GAM WH MORE CHOICE, GAYMERS AND GAMERS ALIKE WILL REAP THE BENEFS. "TO ALLOW THE PLAYER TO BE WHATEVER HE WANTS HIS 'VIRTUAL REALY' N BE THE KEY TO A GAME'S SUCCS," SAID LASKY. "IT WILL HELP SELL A GAME, AND THE MORE A GAME SELLS, THE MORE THE VELOPERS PUBLISH -- AND THE MORE VELOPERS PUBLISH, THE MORE HIGH-QUALY GAM THEY N AFFORD TO PRODUCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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Gay Gamers Ph For More Player Choice, Like Same-Sex Smoochg ‘Bully.

Boy on Boy Actn- Is Gay Content On the Rise? Rockstar’s Bully Displays Homosexual Tennci.

GAY GAMERS PH FOR MORE PLAYER CHOICE, LIKE SAME-SEX SMOOCHG IN 'BULLY''GIVG PLAYERS MORE PERMUTATNS IS GOOD FOR BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT PLAYERS,' SAYS CHRIS GRANT OF BY ARCHIVE-BERNARD-LUMPKAPRIL 12, 2007/6:20 {HEIGHT:HER;DISPLAY:-WEBK-BOX;DISPLAY:-WEBK-FLEX;DISPLAY:-MS-FLEXBOX;DISPLAY:FLEX;POSN:RELATIVE;-WEBK-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-MS-FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;FLEX-WRAP:WRAP;-WEBK-ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-ALIGN:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-ALIGN:CENTER;ALIGN-EMS:CENTER;-WEBK-BOX-PACK:CENTER;-WEBK-JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-MS-FLEX-PACK:CENTER;JTIFY-NTENT:CENTER;-WEBK-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;-MS-TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;TRANSFORM-ORIG:CENTER;} IMG{HEIGHT:100%;WIDTH:100%;OBJECT-F:VER;}{HEIGHT:574PX;WIDTH:1020PX;}BY ARCHIVE-BERNARD-LUMPKAPRIL 12, 2007 / 6:20 PM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"GAY GAMERS PH FOR MORE PLAYER CHOICE, LIKE SAME-SEX SMOOCHG IN 'BULLY'","THUMBNAILURL":","DATEPUBLISHED":"2007-04-12T22:20:56.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2007-04-12T22:20:56.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"MTV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"MTV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","URL":","WIDTH":1280,"HEIGHT":720}},"CREATOR":"ARCHIVE-BERNARD-LUMPK"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GET A GROUP OF GAY GAMERS (A.K.A. "GAYMERS") TOGETHER, AND THE NVERSATN WILL EVENTUALLY TURN TO BULLYG. NOT THE SCHOOLYARD KD, BUT THE GAMG KD -- AS ROCKSTAR'S "BULLY."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}(SEE "GAYMERS" TAKE A STAND AND TALK ABOUT "BULLY" AND MORE THIS VIO.){BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE HERO OF THE WILDLY POPULAR SANDBOX GAME N KISS BOYS AS WELL AS GIRLS, PENDG ON HOW EACH PLAYER CHOOS TO PLAY THE GAME. "THE TERTG THG ABOUT 'BULLY' IS YOU'VE GOT THE CHOICE," SAID FLYNN DEMAR, 39, FOUNR OF THE POPULAR GAYMER WEB SE "AND TO BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT OPTN MAK THE GAME MORE REALISTIC."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}BUT YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE A GAY GAMER TO SEE THE ADVANTAGE OF SAME-SEX SMOOCHG "BULLY." "I HEARD ABOUT BEG ABLE TO KISS BOYS AS WELL AS GIRLS," SAID MELV LASKY, A GAMER WHO HAPPENS TO BE STRAIGHT. "AND I THOUGHT WAS A GREAT WAY TO GA MORE STRENGTH, NO MATTER HOW YOU LOOK AT ."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY OR STRAIGHT, EVERY GAMER N APPRECIATE THE IMPORTANCE OF PLAYER CHOICE VIO GAM. "GAY GAMERS ARE LOOKG FOR THE SAME THGS THAT EVERYONE ELSE IS LOOKG FOR A GAME -- 'S JT THE NCEPT OF CLN," SAID ALEXANR SLIWSKI, NTRIBUTG EDOR OF THE BLOG "IT'S HAVG OPTNS. IT'S PLAYG THE GAME THE WAY YOU WANT TO PLAY . BEE A GAME, YOU ARE THE STAR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}REGARDLS OF THE TYPE OF GAME BEG PLAYED -- OM FIRST-PERSON SHOOTERS TO SPORTS GAM TO OPEN-WORLD GAM -- MANY GAMERS FEEL THAT THE MORE OPTNS A PLAYER HAS TERMS OF HOW HE OR SHE PLAYS, THE BETTER THE OVERALL GAMG EXPERIENCE WILL BE. "GIVG PLAYERS MORE PERMUTATNS IS GOOD FOR BOTH GAY AND STRAIGHT PLAYERS," SAID CHRIS GRANT, MANAGG EDOR OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}CHARACTER CTOMIZATN AND PLAYER CHOICE ALLOW GAMERS TO ROLE-PLAY AND EXPERIMENT WH THEIR OWN INTI WAYS THAT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE THEIR OWN LIV AND, SOME S, TO BETTER UNRSTAND HOW SEXUAL ROL ARE FED THE REAL WORLD. ACRDG TO STRAIGHT GAMER ERIC MONACELLI, "TOMB RAIR" MA THE STEREOTYPILLY MACHO ADVENTURE-GAME GENRE ACCSIBLE TO ANY GENR, OM THE STANDPOT OF BOTH CHARACTER AND PLAYER. "EVEN A MACHO GUY N ENJOY PLAYG AS LARA CROFT," HE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}GAY AND STRAIGHT GAMERS ARE LOUD AND CLEAR WHEN TO THE ADVANTAG OF PLAYER CHOICE, AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THE GAM ARE GETTG THE MSAGE. "WHEN PEOPLE PLAY VIO GAM, THEY LOOK FOR A REFLECTN OF THEIR OWN VALU AND THEIR OWN EXPERIENC, BEE THAT'S HOW THEY NNECT TO THE GAME," SAID JEB HAVENS, LEAD SIGNER AT 1ST PLAYABLE PRODUCTNS AND ONE OF THE FEW OPENLY GAY SIGNERS THE DTRY. "IT'S OUR JOB AS VELOPERS TO MAKE THAT NNECTN. PLAYERS DON'T WANT TO FEEL LIKE THE GAME IS TREATG THEM LIKE AN OUTSIR."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HAVENS WOULD BE HAPPY TO KNOW THAT DTRY LEGEND PETER MOLYNX -- THE MD BEHD "FABLE," A GAME THAT ALLOWS FOR GAY MARRIAGE -- SHAR HIS PHILOSOPHY OF {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}"I WANT TO ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE WHO THEY WANT TO BE," MOLYNX TOLD MTV NEWS AT THE RECENT GAME DEVELOPERS CONFERENCE SAN FRANCIS. "THE POT IS THAT THE GAME'S ABOUT YOU. IT'S ABOUT WHAT YOU WANT, WHAT YOU LIKE, AND IF THE WORLD REACTS TO THAT, GETS ME EXCED." WHEN ASKED ABOUT THE VELOPMENT OF THEM THE POPULAR SERI, MOLYNX CED A POLL GERMANY ASKG PLAYERS WHAT FEATURE THEY WERE MOST LOOKG FORWARD TO THE GAME. "AT THE TOP OF THE LIST WAS SAME-SEX RELATNSHIPS, BEE I THK REPRENTED A EEDOM A GAME THAT ACTUALLY WAS BIGGER THAN JT WHAT THAT ONE FEATURE WAS."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WILL WRIGHT, CREATOR OF "THE SIMS," SE EEDOM OF CHOICE AS A CREATIVE CHALLENGE THAT VELOPERS OUGHT TO EMBRACE. "HOW DO WE GIVE THE PLAYERS AS MUCH EEDOM AS POSSIBLE WHOUT GETTG TOO DISTRACTED BY THE GRAPHICS VOLVED?" HE ASKED. "FOR ME, THAT'S THE UNCHARTED TERRORY." IN THIS RPECT, PROGRAMMG GREATER EEDOM OF CHOICE TO GAM ULD BE JT AS IMPORTANT TO THE FUTURE OF GAME VELOPMENT AS TECHNIL {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#F3F3F3;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}AS MORE AND MORE VELOPERS JO THE RANKS OF MOLYNX AND WRIGHT ADVOTG FOR GAM WH MORE CHOICE, GAYMERS AND GAMERS ALIKE WILL REAP THE BENEFS. "TO ALLOW THE PLAYER TO BE WHATEVER HE WANTS HIS 'VIRTUAL REALY' N BE THE KEY TO A GAME'S SUCCS," SAID LASKY. "IT WILL HELP SELL A GAME, AND THE MORE A GAME SELLS, THE MORE THE VELOPERS PUBLISH -- AND THE MORE VELOPERS PUBLISH, THE MORE HIGH-QUALY GAM THEY N AFFORD TO PRODUCE."{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

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