That NES game is a fucking abomination. 

“Past video games based on the classic ‘70s shark attack film have been great.”

As a Lego-Person, I see nothing wrong with this.

Doja Cat is a big gamer, she streams sometimes I believe.

If you’ve ever played games with romance options, features characters in relationships, or presents characters in a sexualized way, congrats, you’ve played a game that addresses gender and sexuality.

In addition to representation in major plot points and arcs, I think it is equally important to have plenty of characters that are incidentally LGBT+. The fact of diversity in gender and sexuality should be normalized in games, both as a main plot thrust, but also just people inhabiting the world. Just NPCs holding…

What version of real life are you playing where peoples sexuality and gender identity have no bearing on the ‘point’ of their existence?

Especially seeing as it is something under constant legal and political scrutiny.

Heck, with the Persona games there’s a huge uproar over ‘censorship’ when we are removed as a cultural punching bag.

Like, if I had a nickel for how many times Atlus inserted queer people into a comic relief scene just to make them seem predatory and then removed it later I would have 2 nickels but its still…

Most games aren’t as good as Silent Hill 2. By that logic, why ever buy a game?