Comment on What topics would you like to see in a research paper on queer gaming?
savvywolf@pawb.social 1 week ago
One thing that could be interesting to discuss is character creators and general restrictions on what a player avatar can and can’t do.
For example:
- Require all player + npc relationships to be hetero.
- Have most relationships be hetero, but sprinkle one or two bi characters for spice.
- Lock certain clothing options or body styles to specific genders.
- Tie the player’s pronouns and voice to their gender.
- Tie the player’s gender to what’s in their pants.
- Restrict genetal options to a boolean “male” or “female” (intersex people exist).
- Force the player to only be in a monogamous relationship.
- Allow the player to be polyamous but inexplicably punish them for being too poly (Looking at you, Stardew).