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What Do Gay Gamers Want From Their Games?
1:40AM Mike Fahey | A DigiPen gaming school student has created a new “Gaymer” survey, hoping to determine what homosexual, bisexual and heterosexual gamers look for in a video game. More »
Features
GLAAD Panel: Pearls Of Wisdom And Points Of Discussion
11:40AM AJ Glasser | I’ve got a re-cap of last Saturday’s Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation right here, but if you’re looking for quick quotes and interesting issues to rehash, here are a few gems. More »
Culture
Your Comments Fuel Gay Gaming Conference
10:40AM AJ Glasser | Physically, you may not have been at EA Redwood Shores this weekend. But if you commented on to Justin Cole’s op-ed column to Kotaku, you were there in spirit. More »
Culture
Microsoft: “Gay” Almost Always Used As A Pejorative On Live
7:00AM Brian Crecente | This weekend the Gay & Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation is hosting a talk about homophobia online and in games and Xbox Live’s head of policy and enforcement will be on hand to hear what they have to say. More »
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This IDOLM@STER Character Is A Trap
6:00PM Brian Ashcraft | Namco Bandai’s idol sim THE iDOLM@STER series lets players manage a group of young, female pop stars. Well, not all of them are female, it seems. More »
Features
Op/Ed: The Impact Of Homophobia In Virtual Communities
3:00AM Brian Crecente | By Justin J. Cole, GLAAD’s Director of Digital Media A few weeks ago there was a group established on Facebook called “I hate gays” which openly advocated killing gay people. More »
Features
9:40AM Mike Fahey | BioWare’s censoring of homosexual terms on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums was not a wise move, but they certainly weren’t the first video game company to struggle with the issue of homosexuality. More »
How Not To Address Homosexuality In Gaming
9:40AM Mike Fahey | BioWare’s censoring of homosexual terms on the Star Wars: The Old Republic forums was not a wise move, but they certainly weren’t the first video game company to struggle with the issue of homosexuality. More »
Culture
8:40AM Kotaku US Edition | Yesterday, members of the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forum asked developer BioWare to “rethink” its policy on filtering the words “gay” and “lesbian” from posts. The official response was not elegant. More »
BioWare Apologises For Gay, Lesbian Star Wars Discussion
8:40AM Kotaku US Edition | Yesterday, members of the official Star Wars: The Old Republic forum asked developer BioWare to “rethink” its policy on filtering the words “gay” and “lesbian” from posts. The official response was not elegant. More »
News
There Are No Gays In Star Wars
12:00PM Luke Plunkett | BioWare take their Star Wars role-playing seriously. So seriously that the developers are shutting down talk on Old Republic’s message boards about homosexuality, because it’s a term that does “not exist in Star Wars”. More »
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