What? The name of Celeste's protagonist it's not Celeste????


This is ridiculous. It should be like Metroid, where the name of the protagonist is Metroid.

I don' read a lot of fiction anymore, but that looks pretty funny. I think I'll make some time for it. Thanks for the tip ;).

Its hard for me to gauge when its forced or not, because my baseline is just off.

There wasn't much of that in the media when I was growing up, there hasn't been a lot of it in my entourage, the conservative idea of how a guy should be is a reasonably close fit to how I am and my sexual identity was very clear to me early on.

I always prided myself on my adaptability and I view this as a failing due to the circumstances of my upbringing, something that is shared by many I'm sure.

I certainly welcome seeing more of it in the media as it is an opportunity to grow.

Why is this even a thing?

We have been through this shit countless times

Coloured PIXELS ON A SCREEN DO NOT HAVE GENDERS!

Let's just remove *ALL* portrayed genders completely, Now both sides can shove a sock in it!

Yes actually, Because your post can be seen as shit stirring!

true

Very cringey thread

looks like they do, at least when the makers post in on twitter
and for some people this is what matter about a game

Aww... FFS

Funny that you call it obsessed, when you are the one steering stuff up in this thread like anyone asked about lengthy explanations about why you don't care for the request in the initial post.

Obviously, fictional entities can have attributes... the same way figure in literature have attributes like gender identities or the color of their hair, despite being only words on paper.

It should however be established through the work of fiction itself, rather than the author 'revealing' this or that after the fact.

Not as much as you are obsessed with calling out everyone talking about this like it was some kind of crime.
As always,blah blah blah freedom of speech but only when it's my turn.

So, kindly look elsewhere if it is so disturning for you? I admit I'm tired of your comments way more than any other recurring theme by now, and besides, in the "stirring shit" competition you and your buddies would win a gold medal.
Unfortunately GOG moderation is the most unfunny joke in the world, otherwise you'd probably have been kicked out for your behavior a while ago.
Alas, they're too busy editing post with bad puns, like "paradicks interactive". Whoops, I did it again.

my behavior? you just can't tolerate anything that's all
and asking mods to censor what you can't tolerate is really mature
so do what you usually do and press the -

"...said the pot to the kettle".
Am I intolerant? Sure I am. I'm all for kicking trolls.
Now, go screaming "idiot communist! Homo! Evil trans" in some other threads too. We just can't have enough.
Seriously though, do it. maybe we'll luck out and you'll really get banned.

These forums were really Good back in 2009 it started to go lopsided in 2012/2013 when all the IDIOTS showed up and ruined gaming for the rest of us with their BULLSHIT!

Gee... What happened Fell out of your bed and smashed your head making you come to your senses or was it someone finally smacking some reality in that brain of yours Made you wake up and accidentally swallow the RED PILL?

I guess the problem is that games whose main point was pushing some political message (which I considering pushing LQWERTY agenda to be at this point), the gameplay part becomes secondary in such games. Hence, such political games tend to be simpler walking simulators or adventures made with Adventure Maker Toolkit or something similar, just to get the message out in a form of a "game".

It is a bit like all those "muslim massacre" and other such political agenda games, they tend to suck at the gameplay department. Quite often some simple Flash games etc.

Anyway, maybe the point here is that having LQWERTY characters in games should be so "normal" that they aren't even considered as political games. However, my personal preference is that sexuality wouldn't normally be even introduced in most games. For instance, when I am playing Thief: The Dark Project, I don't need to know whether Garrett The Protagonist is a cis-hetero male or a queer shemale who likes to dress as a clown when he is not on a mission. The player can fantasize Garrett's sexuality to be whatever he/she/they want, as it is left open. (There is a small hint that he is a bit interested in Viktoria at some point, but we all know how that ends up...)

I even got annoyed by the "Alyx has a crush on your, the protagonist" subplot in Half-life 2 and Episodes 1-2. I just felt it was totally unneeded, Alyx could have just as well been your sidekick without all that ooh and aah. I am not a pimple-faced teenager boy who needs to be reminded by a game that its attractive virtual female character has a crush on you.

(Yes I know I have stated that opinion before, but a good reminder.)