Author here: I believe you are referring to Arcade Gannon, and I had no problem with him being gay. My next door neighbor is a gay Mormon graduate of BYU and she and her partner are wonderful people that I am proud to associate with. She doesn't come to Church anymore but I am actually still her home teacher, which…

Author here: Thank you very much for your kind comment! The primary point of the article was to praise Obsidian for their research, deference, and making such a full-realized and fantastic game. The title of the article (which was not mine) is kind of misleading from that.

Author here: Thank you for your comment. I'm glad you liked the article.

Author here: Thank you for your comment. That was my feeling as well—the little details about the characters and places that give them depth and dimension. The Mormon thing just made it more personally relevant and I wanted to give Obsidian props for actually using Mormonism in an even-handed way.

Author here: My thoughts exactly! That's why I wrote the article. Thanks for your comment.

Author here: I appreciate your comment. I didn't mean to say it was "anti-Mormon" (in the way a lot of these Kotaku comments are) rather that it didn't feel very respectful to single out Mormons for massacre by alien bugs. I will re-examine the Starship Troopers reference in light of your comment. Thank you.

Author here: Thank you for your thoughtful comment. I'm glad you liked the article!

Author here: Thank you, you got the point! I appreciate your comment.

Author here: I intentionally didn't include South Park in my examples of disrespectful treatment as I have seen a few of their Mormon episodes and actually found them, in their irreverent and crude way, to be rather favorable. The Book of Mormon play, on the other hand, I was going off of what I have heard as, living…

Author here: I knew this would set off a serious flame war but am very pleased you actually read and enjoyed the article. This article wasn't even supposed to be about defending Mormonism or anything like that—it was about my appreciation to Obsidian for doing their homework and handling Mormonism in a…

Author here: I knew this article would be monster troll-bait when I submitted it. I'm wholly unsurprised by the awful comments. I'm reading for the thoughtful ones like yours. Thank you!

I appreciate your thoughtful response and can understand why you would take offense at my "lazy cliche" line. As a religious person it is religion in general that I feel gets a pretty bad wrap in most pop culture and media. Just last night on "Body of Proof" which my wife was watching and I saw about 4 whole…

Author writing here: When I submitted the article the title was "Mormons in Fallout: A Letter of Appreciation." However, I didn't make this as explicit during the submission as I should have and feel the title given by the editorial staff sounds more defensive and thin-skinned than I intended. I knew this article…

Wing Commander Saga - I can't believe this free mod that is actually a full-length and very professionally made game hasn't gotten more attention. I came across it after the Star Citizen kickstarter reminded me of my long-dormant love of space sims (WC II was my first ever full-color computer game) and was blown…