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Some hours to Dragon Age: Inquisn, long after I'd ma out of the Hterlands, I realized somethg that really surprised me. My character had taken on a life of his own, and turns out he's gay.

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CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?

Dpe beg nearly 12 years old, the qutn on whether you n be gay Dragon Age: Origs is still a popular one. * dragon age origins gay *

"Dragon Age" gay charactersTumblrAn LGBT-Friendly FranchiseBware and Edge of Realy's vio game anchise, Dragon Age, is a fantasy role-playg game seri. Wa and Herren are a gay uple who own Wa's Emporium Denerim Cy. AnrsAnother character who is possible to rec to your party, Anrs n be romanced whether your character is male or is a former Grey Warn and a mage, and later on, if you get enough approval pots, you n unlock a personal qut volvg his gay ex-lover.

DRAGON AGE: ORIGS IS THE FIRST GAME ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE & THE POWER OF MODS

Robert Yang, a vio game sign stunt, ments on a Dragon Age mod that enabled new datg optns, cludg gay romance. We're republishg his acunt of what happened when he played . There will be marked spoilers. * dragon age origins gay *

Sleepg wh Merrill will also cut off the romance wh CharactersSome non-playable characters are also bisexual or gay Dragon Age the First Sacrifice qut, Hawke n talk to an elf lled Jethann a si bedroom. Y, we’re talkg about Dragon Age: Origs and the very start of gay romance BWare’s fantasy seri.

Y, you n be gay Dragon Age: Origs, right? Are there any romance optns like Dorian Pav and Sera om Dragon Age: Inquisn that is solely dited to gay players? So, y you n be gay Dragon Age: Origs – but do live up well to the standards of 2020?

DRAGON AGE: ORIGS - IT’S CRIMAL THAT YOU CAN'T BE GAY WH ALISTAIR

Could've been a uple of Gay Warns but BWare never let Alistair make the move. * dragon age origins gay *

The ‘Can You Be Gay’ guis are here to help you answer the most important qutn of all vio gam.

Check out the full seri to look through which gam you n and n’t be gay .

Robert Yang, a vio game sign stunt, ments on a Dragon Age mod that enabled new datg optns, cludg gay romance. There will be marked IV Strongholds Are SweetOffEnglishDragon Age is the world's first mercial vio game about gay marriage. And now wh that credibly misleadg and generalizg hook, let me expla:So I tricked Dragon Age: Origs to temporarily thkg my du mage was female to trigger a gay romance wh the dashg knight Alistair (and for anyone wantg to do the same, works pretty seamlsly, jt get the mod at Dragon Age Nex) — and the rult was an oddly tragic playthrough wh advertent mentary on gay marriage.

THE SEXUALY "DRAGON AGE: ORIGS" CLUS A GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY LYLE MASAKIOCTOBER 30, 2009/8:51 AMBY LYLE MASAKIOCTOBER 30, 2009 / 8:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE SEXUALY \"DRAGON AGE: ORIGS\" CLUS A GAY OPTN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-10-30T12:51:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-10-30T12:51:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS WEEK SAW THE ARRIVAL OF GRAND THEFT AUTO IV'S SEND EXPANSN THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY, BUT LOOKS LIKE NEXT WEEK WILL SEE ONE MORE GAY-CLIVE GAME HTG STORE SHELV WHEN DRAGON AGE: ORIGS GO ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'VE BEEN HEARG THAT DRAGON AGE WOULD CLU THE POSSIBILY OF A GAY RELATNSHIP AND AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE IMMENT NTROVERSY NFIRMS THAT GAY MALE SEXUALY IS A PART OF THE GAME, CLUDG A (D, OM THE SOUNDS OF ) LOVE SCENE SIAR TO WHAT PLAYERS WILL SEE IF THEY PURSUE AN OPPOSE-SEX ROMANCE. THAT JT MAY BREAK NEW GROUND FOR VIO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS AND DLY-NSFW IMAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE POTENTIAL GAY RELATNSHIP HAPPENS WH ZEVRAN, AN ELF WHO WAS BORN A BROTHEL AND ROSE TO PROMENCE AS A THIEF/ASSASS. WHILE THE LOVE SCENE SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHG THAT ULD AIR ON BROADST TV, I N'T THK OF A ROLE-PLAYG GAME THAT HAS PICTED GAY MALE SEXUALY TO THIS GREE -- JA EMPIRE PANNED AWAY OM S GAY KISS, BULLY'S JIMMY HOPKS WASN'T TERTED MUCH MORE THAN KISSG AND WHILE FABLE LET GAY UPL MARRY, ANY SEX TO HAPPEN THAT MARRIAGE WAS BLACKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, ZEVRAN HS A NUMBER OF STEREOTYP AS WELL. FOR ONE THG, ZEVRAN ISN'T TERTED ANYTHG MORE THAN SUAL SEX WHILE HETEROSEXUAL ROMANTIC TERTS ARE DIRECT ABOUT WANTG A MONOGAMO, LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP. MEANWHILE, ISN'T A GAY ELF THE FANTASY EQUIVALENT OF A GAY HAIRDRSER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DRAGON AGE OM BWARE, THE VELOPER THAT PUT OUT MASS EFFECT, WHICH ALLOWED FOR A POTENTIAL LBIAN RELATNSHIP (THAT ALSO CLUD A LOVE SCENE), 2007. WHILE THE LOVE SCEN MASS EFFECT WERE ALSO NSIRED TO BE TAME, THAT DIDN'T STOP OM FACG NTROVERSY OM NSERVATIV OUTRAGED AT OPTNS THAT WEREN'T A PART OF THE GAME. IT'LL BE TERTG TO SEE IF DRAGON AGE FAC A SIAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEXUALY AND GAY-CLIVENS IS PROBABLY ONE OF VIO GAM' BIGGT TABOOS. WHILE A GAME LIKE FALLOUT 3 CLUD VERY GRAPHIC VLENCE, SLAVERY AND DG E, SEX WAS TONED DOWN TO CHARACTERS SLEEPG CLOTHED THE SAME BED AND GAY CHARACTERS LIKE FLAK AND SHRAPNEL WERE WRTEN VAGUELY. I'M IMPRSED WH BWARE FOR CLUDG A GAY LOVE SCENE DRAGON AGE AND RISK THE HOMOPHOBIC REACTN OF GAMERS, EVEN IF I HAVE SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DO YOU THK? DO LOOK LIKE DRAGON AGE'S TREATMENT OF GAY SEXUALY WILL GO FURTHER THAN PREV GAY-CLIVE GAM? DO THAT MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT A MTED RELATNSHIP ISN'T AN OPTN? HAVE THERE BEEN ENOUGH SOLID GAY RELATNSHIPS EARLIER RPGS THAT ZEVRAN'S SIRE FOR ONLY SUAL SEX REFLECTS A DIVERSY HOW QUEER MEN ARE PICTED VIO GAM, AS OPPOSED TO AN TERT ONLY SUAL SEX?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

Dragon Age: Origs, a medieval epic, clus a same-sex romantic scene that has prompted a range of rpons about the pictn of gay sex mass entertament. * dragon age origins gay *

)I mean, Dragon Age has plenty of other gay sh : lbian dwarv, a threome, two bisexual romance optns, etc. So kudos, none of that "tentnal" gay ntent par to how rewardg I found Dragon Age when I hijacked Alistair's sexualy.

So, this is how a gay romance wh Alistair go (mor spoilers awa — then you'll get another warng about major spoilers): You're a du. So when he nfs his sexual experience to you om livg his life as a Templar (and he's obvly embarrassed by ), he expos his vulnerabily — and so you tst when he do that, also falls unr a gay lerary tradn: the anx closet se — that guy you had a csh on but you know he's straight yet he's secretly gay and only you, the all-knowg all-sgg homosexual mentor n help him realize that. (There's a whole sub-genre of gay pornography dited to the kds of fantasi, the "straight" but cur jock who temporarily pch hs for the other team...

But I won't get to bee this blog is about gam and not gay porn...

NEW VIO GAME: DUNGEONS, DRAGONS AND NOW GAY SEX

For Dragon Age: Origs on the PC, a GameFAQs msage board topic tled "Gay optn.". * dragon age origins gay *

If you want to read an tertg article about the gay porn dtry though, see here.

Perhaps you prefer him, some ways, to your actual real-life signifint other bee he tak out the trash so effectively stead of sce you're probably a hardre gamer, you're aware of the romance sub-plot tradn wtern RPGs: there's almost always a happy endg, almost always an optimal set of choic that will let the hero get the guy, almost always a way to exact your agency and get what you that's all shattered at the 's why the gay Alistair romance is so great — to unrstand all, I have to spoil the ma plot, unlike Leilana or Zevran who are pretty mor romanc bee 's possible to miss them and not have them your party at all. And there was no future wh eher of my boyiends, real or also remds me of the current battle over gay marriage. Y, 's now generally agreed that gay men serve the rights, that we're all created equal, that people don't jt marry to bear children, etc.

What about this g "post-gay" era?

GAY OPTN.

* dragon age origins gay *

Mastream gay culture is predited on a sgle primary ial, that the source of our "shame" — the act of sex — is actually a posive, enjoyable, rewardg experience, even if don't yield a "product" — a a way, Dragon Age: Origs wh the gay-mod is exposg this naggg doubt all of our mds about this "product, " that y gay men n fall love and do great thgs. Y gay men n have social legimacy, but then what? Y gay men n adopt a child or get a surrogate to bear a child, but is the same?

And y, he's gay. Dorian Pav (homosexual male). Sera (homosexual female).

A Brief History of Gay Marriage Vio Gam. Dragon Age: Inquisn has straight, bisexual, and gay romanc bee they tell different stori, Bware says. How I realized by Dragon Age: Inquisn character is gay.

BWARE ANNOUNC THE FIRST EXCLIVELY GAY CHARACTER ‘DRAGON AGE’

Whenever there's an opportuny to flirt wh an npc that was genr rtricted, I ma open for gay/bi warns as well (e let's be real, the only genr rtrictns were favour of straight flirtg). This appli to every time the Warn's relatnship wh Alistair or Morrigan is genred dialogue has been new banter for characters so that they'll acknowledge the gay jealoy dialogu for Alistair and Morrigan if the Warn is cheatg on eher of them wh the n do the dark rual wh n marry n marry Alistair.

Bee apparently Bware would rather have ct then gay. This week saw the arrival of Grand Theft Auto IV's send expansn The Ballad of Gay Tony, but looks like next week will see one more gay-clive game htg store shelv when Dragon Age: Origs go on sale. I've been hearg that Dragon Age would clu the possibily of a gay relatnship and an article about the imment ntroversy nfirms that gay male sexualy is a part of the game, cludg a (d, om the sounds of ) love scene siar to what players will see if they pursue an oppose-sex romance.

DRAGON AGE: ORIGS GAME GAY SEX SCENE SHOCK

However, if you want to know more watch out for SPOILERS and dly-NSFW imag potential gay relatnship happens wh Zevran, an elf who was born a brothel and rose to promence as a thief/assass. While the love scene sounds like somethg that uld air on broadst TV, I n't thk of a role-playg game that has picted gay male sexualy to this gree -- Ja Empire panned away om s gay kiss, Bully's Jimmy Hopks wasn't terted much more than kissg and while Fable let gay upl marry, any sex to happen that marriage was blacked out. Meanwhile, isn't a gay elf the fantasy equivalent of a gay hairdrser?

Sexualy and gay-clivens is probably one of vio gam' biggt taboos. While a game like Fallout 3 clud very graphic vlence, slavery and dg e, sex was toned down to characters sleepg clothed the same bed and gay characters like Flak and Shrapnel were wrten vaguely.

I'm imprsed wh BWare for cludg a gay love scene Dragon Age and risk the homophobic reactn of gamers, even if I have some do you thk? Do look like Dragon Age's treatment of gay sexualy will go further than prev gay-clive gam?

HOW I REALIZED MY DRAGON AGE: INQUISN CHARACTER IS GAY

Have there been enough solid gay relatnships earlier RPGs that Zevran's sire for only sual sex reflects a diversy how queer men are picted vio gam, as opposed to an tert only sual sex? AdvertisementSKIP ADVERTISEMENTNew Vio Game: Dungeons, Dragons and Now Gay SexDec.

If you play as a male character, is even possible to have a liaison wh a male elf named last tail has gotten Dragon Age: Origs (which is rated M for Mature, meang that is tend for players 17 and olr) noticed by the news media, and has prompted a range of rpons about the pictn of gay sex mass entertament.

At the nservative Web se World Net Daily (), an article wh the headle “Players have dirty ‘gay’ sex h game, ” Chelsea Schillg wrote that Dragon Age: Origs “picts two men var sex posns a secret scene of homosexual sctn. ” The game has also been noted by polil and cultural bloggers, cludg Ta-Nehisi Coat of The Atlantic, and ced by the Web se, which wrote that the scene “sh equaly on gay love.

DRAGON AGE 2’S GAY CHARACTER NTROVERSIAL WH STRAIGHT, GAY GAMERS

” BWare, the game stud Edmonton, Alberta, that created Dragon Age: Origs, said the cln of the gay sex scene, as well as other romantic terlus, was not meant to ce arguments or bolster any social , but to provi players wh an immersive gamg experience. ” BWare, which also produc popular adventure gam like Baldur’s Gate, Mass Effect and Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic, poted out that the gay love scene Dragon Age: Origs occurs only if the player choos . )Though male-female and lbian uplgs are also possible the game (which received a highly posive sre of 91 om the review-aggregatn Web se) for s PC release, is the gay sex scene that seems to have provoked the most discsn and generated the most hostile reactns om mentators.

THE SEXUALY "DRAGON AGE: ORIGS" CLUS A GAY {FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}{FONT:NORMAL 800 1.2REM/1.2 "D BOLD",SANS-SERIF;TEXT-TRANSFORM:NORMAL;LOR:HER;DISPLAY:LE-BLOCK;PADDG-BOTTOM:6PX;POSN:RELATIVE;TEXT-TRANSFORM:UPPERSE;}{BACKGROUND:#89308A;BOTTOM:0;NTENT:'';DISPLAY:BLOCK;HEIGHT:2PX;LEFT:0;POSN:ABSOLUTE;RIGHT:0;-WEBK-TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;TRANSN:ALL 0.2S EASE;WIDTH:100%;}{LEFT:51%;RIGHT:51%;WIDTH:0;}LIFEBY LYLE MASAKIOCTOBER 30, 2009/8:51 AMBY LYLE MASAKIOCTOBER 30, 2009 / 8:51 AM{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"NEWSARTICLE","HEADLE":"THE SEXUALY \"DRAGON AGE: ORIGS\" CLUS A GAY OPTN","DATEPUBLISHED":"2009-10-30T12:51:29.000+0000","DATEMODIFIED":"2009-10-30T12:51:29.000+0000","IMAGE":{"@NTEXT":","@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT","WIDTH":1920,"HEIGHT":1080},"URL":","THOR":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","NAME":"LOGO TV"},"MAENTYOFPAGE":{"@TYPE":"WEBPAGE","@ID":"},"PUBLISHER":{"@TYPE":"ORGANIZATN","@ID":","NAME":"LOGO TV","URL":","LOGO":{"@TYPE":"IMAGEOBJECT"}},"CREATOR":"LYLE MASAKI","KEYWORDS":"THE BACKLOT","ARTICLESECTN":"LIFE"}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THIS WEEK SAW THE ARRIVAL OF GRAND THEFT AUTO IV'S SEND EXPANSN THE BALLAD OF GAY TONY, BUT LOOKS LIKE NEXT WEEK WILL SEE ONE MORE GAY-CLIVE GAME HTG STORE SHELV WHEN DRAGON AGE: ORIGS GO ON {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}I'VE BEEN HEARG THAT DRAGON AGE WOULD CLU THE POSSIBILY OF A GAY RELATNSHIP AND AN ARTICLE ABOUT THE IMMENT NTROVERSY NFIRMS THAT GAY MALE SEXUALY IS A PART OF THE GAME, CLUDG A (D, OM THE SOUNDS OF ) LOVE SCENE SIAR TO WHAT PLAYERS WILL SEE IF THEY PURSUE AN OPPOSE-SEX ROMANCE. THAT JT MAY BREAK NEW GROUND FOR VIO {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}HOWEVER, IF YOU WANT TO KNOW MORE WATCH OUT FOR SPOILERS AND DLY-NSFW IMAG {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}THE POTENTIAL GAY RELATNSHIP HAPPENS WH ZEVRAN, AN ELF WHO WAS BORN A BROTHEL AND ROSE TO PROMENCE AS A THIEF/ASSASS. WHILE THE LOVE SCENE SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHG THAT ULD AIR ON BROADST TV, I N'T THK OF A ROLE-PLAYG GAME THAT HAS PICTED GAY MALE SEXUALY TO THIS GREE -- JA EMPIRE PANNED AWAY OM S GAY KISS, BULLY'S JIMMY HOPKS WASN'T TERTED MUCH MORE THAN KISSG AND WHILE FABLE LET GAY UPL MARRY, ANY SEX TO HAPPEN THAT MARRIAGE WAS BLACKED {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}UNFORTUNATELY, ZEVRAN HS A NUMBER OF STEREOTYP AS WELL. FOR ONE THG, ZEVRAN ISN'T TERTED ANYTHG MORE THAN SUAL SEX WHILE HETEROSEXUAL ROMANTIC TERTS ARE DIRECT ABOUT WANTG A MONOGAMO, LONG-TERM RELATNSHIP. MEANWHILE, ISN'T A GAY ELF THE FANTASY EQUIVALENT OF A GAY HAIRDRSER?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}DRAGON AGE OM BWARE, THE VELOPER THAT PUT OUT MASS EFFECT, WHICH ALLOWED FOR A POTENTIAL LBIAN RELATNSHIP (THAT ALSO CLUD A LOVE SCENE), 2007. WHILE THE LOVE SCEN MASS EFFECT WERE ALSO NSIRED TO BE TAME, THAT DIDN'T STOP OM FACG NTROVERSY OM NSERVATIV OUTRAGED AT OPTNS THAT WEREN'T A PART OF THE GAME. IT'LL BE TERTG TO SEE IF DRAGON AGE FAC A SIAR {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}SEXUALY AND GAY-CLIVENS IS PROBABLY ONE OF VIO GAM' BIGGT TABOOS. WHILE A GAME LIKE FALLOUT 3 CLUD VERY GRAPHIC VLENCE, SLAVERY AND DG E, SEX WAS TONED DOWN TO CHARACTERS SLEEPG CLOTHED THE SAME BED AND GAY CHARACTERS LIKE FLAK AND SHRAPNEL WERE WRTEN VAGUELY. I'M IMPRSED WH BWARE FOR CLUDG A GAY LOVE SCENE DRAGON AGE AND RISK THE HOMOPHOBIC REACTN OF GAMERS, EVEN IF I HAVE SOME {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;PADDG:24PX 0;} A{LOR:#354A4E;-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;TEXT-RATN:UNRLE;} A:HOVER, A:FOC{-WEBK-TEXT-RATN:NONE;TEXT-RATN:NONE;} B, STRONG{FONT-WEIGHT:700;}WHAT DO YOU THK? DO LOOK LIKE DRAGON AGE'S TREATMENT OF GAY SEXUALY WILL GO FURTHER THAN PREV GAY-CLIVE GAM? DO THAT MAKE UP FOR THE FACT THAT A MTED RELATNSHIP ISN'T AN OPTN? HAVE THERE BEEN ENOUGH SOLID GAY RELATNSHIPS EARLIER RPGS THAT ZEVRAN'S SIRE FOR ONLY SUAL SEX REFLECTS A DIVERSY HOW QUEER MEN ARE PICTED VIO GAM, AS OPPOSED TO AN TERT ONLY SUAL SEX?{BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;CLEAR:BOTH;}THE {BOX-SIZG:BORR-BOX;MARG:0 TO;WIDTH:90%;M-WIDTH:288PX;MAX-WIDTH:1440PX;M-HEIGHT:194PX;}LATT NEWS

)Exprsns of gay attractn among actual humans n also have nsequenc other entertament media. Lambert, who is gay, for his sexual orientatn. Laidlaw said that BWare knew about the cricism of the gay scene s game, but add that the ments were not g om s ctomers.

”A versn of this article appears prt on, Sectn C, Page 1 of the New York edn wh the headle: New Vio Game: Dungeons, Dragons and Now Gay Sex. Is there any gay optn this game? Pretty sure he's the token guy people would go after the gay (or woman) romance optn of this Bware game.

David Gair, the lead wrer on the anchise at veloper BWare, has shared that the newt game the seri, Dragon Age: Inquisn, will feature the anchise’s first gay character. Dorian, troduced on the Dragon Age: Inquisn webse on Friday, is wrten as a gay character and will be a romance optn exclively for male protagonists. In Dragon Age: Origs, released 2009, players uld make the ma character gay, straight, or bisexual by virtue of which non-player character or pann the player chose to romance.

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