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- THANK YOU BWARE FOR GIVG MY GAY ASS A HEART IN TO FLIRT WH
- 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
THANK YOU BWARE FOR GIVG MY GAY ASS A HEART IN TO FLIRT WH
Others are exced but are still on the fence nsirg the seri homophobic past. But ’d be wrong to ny that the Mass Effect seri hasn’t had some posive impact on gaymers. Steve is the first gay love tert for Male Shepard.
Introduced Mass Effect 3, Steve Cortez is the very first gay love tert for a Male Shepard. Gil is gay, and as such n only be romanced by a male Ryr.
It’s sweet, and isn’t often that gay characters vio gam are allowed to even have a fay of their own. Gay men, I won’t lie to you, you really lucked out the man partment Mass Effect: Andromeda and that’s never been more clear when you meet Rey Vidal. But as a gay man who had trouble navigatg gam like the Mass Effect trilogy due to a liberate lack of this transparency, I’ve e to appreciate the certaty that wh havg romantic optns clearly labeled as such.
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
To exist as a gay man Mass Effect is an act of nstant vigilance and phg back agast the game that wants you to be a heterosexual relatnship. Whether by actively nyg you any gay romance optns until Mass Effect 3, or by sistence that so many women were terted protagonist Commanr Shepard if you’re even remotely pole to them.
It took multiple playthroughs of Mass Effect and Mass Effect 2 for me to learn exactly when to be ls than iendly to female characters to be sure my gay Shepard’s tentns were never misterpreted. Even when Mass Effect 3 add gay romance, the game hadn’t adopted Dragon Age II’s approach to dialogue optns, which had an associated in to dite the tone of your cisns.