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The Value of Playing Gay in Videogames | Game/Show | PBS Digital Studios
- Published_at:2015-01-27
- Category:Education
- Channel:PBS Game/Show
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- description: Tweet at us! https://twitter.com/pbsgameshow Follow us on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/gameshowpbs Email us! pbsgameshow [at] gmail [dot] com Follow us on Reddit http://www.reddit.com/r/pbsgameshow As games mature, they are sometimes tasked with tackling issues and themes in the greater realms of society at large. The portrayal of gay characters in games is one of these such issues, and one that games all too often fail to portray in a light that doesn’t condemn or mock. However, there are some bright lights! Bioware, in their expansive RPG series’ like Mass Effect and Dragon Age, exist on the opposite side of the spectrum in that their portrayal of gay characters is done in a way that makes them neither stand out or disappear, but instead appear like normal parts of the universe. But why is it so important for us to have the option to play as gay characters in videogames, and why is it that Bioware is one of the few companies to provide that option? Join Jamin as he dives into this topic in this week’s Game/Show! Mike Rougeau's Article http://kotaku.com/how-i-realized-my-dragon-age-inquisition-character-is-1678673801 ---------------------------------------------------------------- ASSETS 0:44 Poker Night at the inventory Heavys Heavy Loss https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ovtr7WCzceQ 2:13 http://pages.cmns.sfu.ca/mdd/mdd-editorial/ 3:35 Gender Swap - Experiment with The Machine to Be Another https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T_QxRk04J_E 3:37 The Machine To Be Another - art investigation https://vimeo.com/89556173 3:43 Mario Mii using My Avatar Editor https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJvkgkMtTX8 4:56 pinarviola_roleplay02 http://www.pinar-viola.com/blog/2012/11/life-action-role-playing/ 5:50 Tomodachi Life Dinosaur Island! Mii, Shaq, & Waluigi Gameplay Walkthrough PART 1 Nintendo 3DS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVPCL38gqOo ---------------------------------------------------------------- COMMENTS: Tony at Home https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT6M0VmIvg&google_comment_id=z12jsbox5r30ipep204cijqrgzbqd15jx3s rapsody230 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT6M0VmIvg&google_comment_id=z12zydir2kfvgvtlq22qcpoiiyy5clxy004 Jermell Williams https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT6M0VmIvg&google_comment_id=z13bzf1pqumoi5zyr04cgxiyku2hvpizsmg0k Airon Neil https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dcT6M0VmIvg&google_comment_id=z12fhhcpqlnlgzpdl22qvxrjasbkyjvq104 ---------------------------------------------------------------- MUSIC: “Oh Damn!” by CJVSO https://soundcloud.com/downpitched/cj... “Digital Sonar” by Brink “Mindphuck” by Known To Be Lethal https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B-cyr... “After Hours” “Lakes” by Chooga https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8hns... “Beautiful Days” by Extan https://soundcloud.com/extandnb/beaut... “Spectrum Subdiffusion Mix” by Foniqz https://soundcloud.com/subdiffusion/f... “Good Way Song” by Electronic Rescue “Alice y Bob” by Javier Rubio and Parsec https://archive.org/details/escala19_... “Sleet” by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/kubbi-sleet “Toaster” by Kubbi https://soundcloud.com/kubbi/toaster “Patriotic Songs of America” by New York Military Band and the American Quartet http://freemusicarchive.org/music/New... “Lets Go Back To The Rock” by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... “Run” by Outsider https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/440... “Fame” by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352... “Freedom Weekends” by Statue of Diveo https://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/352... ---------------------------------------------------------------- Hosted by Jamin Warren (@jaminwar) See more on games and culture on his site: http://www.killscreendaily.com Made by Kornhaber Brown (http://www.kornhaberbrown.com) And regarding my glasses: http://youtu.be/WbV_KT1iGao?t=7m32s
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| 2015-01-29 | 15,546 | 1,043 | 870 |
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| 2015-01-30 | 29,485 | 1,269 | 599 |
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| 2015-01-31 | 47,856 | 1,343 | 1,005 |
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