My boyiend Dragon Age: Inquisn broke my heart when he told me he was gay | Gam | The Guardian

Contents:

• DRAGON AGE: ORIGS IS THE FIRST GAME ABOUT GAY MARRIAGE & THE POWER OF MODS
• DRAGON AGE: ORIGS - IT’S CRIMAL THAT YOU CAN'T BE GAY WH ALISTAIR
• CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?
• 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
• MY BOYIEND DRAGON AGE: INQUISN BROKE MY HEART WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS GAY

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. There will be marked Week In Gam: What’s Comg Out Beyond Armored Core VIOffEnglishEnglishDragon 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.

)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.

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

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.

CAN YOU BE GAY DRAGON AGE: ORIGS?

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...

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

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?

MY BOYIEND DRAGON AGE: INQUISN BROKE MY HEART WHEN HE TOLD ME HE WAS 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. 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?