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I am aware of the Chick-A-Filla thing. As I am of the Oreo rainbow cookie situation. And I understand the commercial reasons. Doesn't mean I don't find the situation rather sad, though.

Sorry, what sounds silly? That I only take statistical data when it is properly carried out and I have a way to verify that it's been carried out properly? Or that believing in unproved and unqualified statistical data is a matter of faith? Also... your second sentence. After 20 years of...

Without knowing how that survey was carried out, number of people who took part, part of the country where they came from, what questions were asked, how those questions were asked and how the data was processed, I cannot take any data like that to heart. Following statistics like that is like...

Don't want the thread to go on a tangent, since this thread wasn't about art but about homosexuality in games. Just to add a benchmark, though, to turn a good movie script into a porn movie is a shame. And who is the censor who determines that I *have* to see tasteless art in books...

And does that have to be the case? We are the ones who exaggerate the stereotype, mostly because is the only way we know how to play them. There is nothing out there that forces us to play that way and we could change that if we wanted to. Which is, my friend, just as it should be! :)

Finding out who identifies as homosexual is not a credible or accurate benchmark to measure numbers.

Forgive me, but that affirmation is so naive that is painful to read.

If I thought you were a jerk I wouldn't engage in conversation. For gay people to get more than what the majority gets, we'd have to get the same first. Alas, we don't. Not gonna happen. Been there and almost killed me (literally). I deserve better. Everyone does. People have died to defend...

No offence intended. There is nothing wrong with puberty. Uhmm... I thought the humour in that sentence would be more obvious... I mentioned a few things in a previous post. Would you mind taking a quick look? I rather not type the whole thing again. The level at which it happens is much...

Oh sure. I think everyone is the same there, and I am sure everyone has reasons for that. What I wonder is what those reasons are in terms of gay characters. Sorry, but it is. You might have high level of self-awareness and I can guarantee you that your self-awareness won't be unbiased or...

If the Suffragettes had thought like that, women wouldn't be able to vote still. If everyone thought the same, we'd be used to take abuse time and time again and do nothing about it. Forgive me, but I don't have to put up with people being rude because of me being gay. I don't have to "just...

Uhmm... I'm not going to into that 10%. I have read more papers that point at a much greater percentage, but it is nay to impossible to prove. I could pretty much agree with your point about the lack of available information. However I can't completely agree with you because of one simple...

I won't argue with that. But that picks my curiosity as to why it comes afloat to obviously at the table but is not so apparent outside...

I am not surprised that the mockery is left behind. I am surprised (disappointed) that that is all there is left behind. Also, the issue wasn't that there were sexual innuendos. They do exist from our "straight" characters. The issue is that even when I, not my character, asked a genuine...

Brighton, UK. It's not perfect (nowhere is) but it's pretty darn close! Does is the point. It isn't! It only becomes an issue when I bring things onto the table to play in the game. When we're socialising it never, ever is an issue. We joke and discuss gender, sexuality, relationships, etc...

Not really. Unless you're pro actively avoiding those characters, no. And I'm not implying you do, btw. Hear hear! Two things, this not a judgement, is a question about awareness and the reasons for the lack of awareness. It is also a question about how much comfort/discomfort one feels...

And what stops you from envisioning a gay character? That is my point. Why do you have no problem feeling familiar with a female character but you don't feel as familiar with a gay one? Aren't we all? Self-perception is very, very deceptive. I have not made a case for that push, though...

Sounds like a pretty sensible quote to me! Sorry, but that excuse of "it's just humanity" I can't accept. That implies that I have just to sit down and take it because, hey, that's just humanity. And also implies that anyone and everyone would have to put up with other unpleasantness and...

By Paco Garcia Jaen and first published in gmsmagazine.com I don’t know if you know, but I am gay. My family knows. My friends know. My colleagues know. My readers know. The world knows. And that is how I like it. I have lived hiding. It is very, very difficult and very uncomfortable. Paranoia...

In terms of brand management, not particularly confident. I haven't got to this poll in time to vote, alas. In terms of game design, my feeling is that they'll nail it with 5th Ed, and will screw it with the deployment. They are indeed cranking up communication with the fan base to make sure...