Recent content by PirateGoesYar

It really depends on the nature of the game for me. A game with a pre-established female character (Beyond Good and Evil is the first thing that pops to mind), I don't really think twice about it. But if I'm essentially creating an avatar that *I'm* going to role play as (skyrim, WoW...

I'd argue it does matter. It's a tricky issue (since at the end of the day we're talking about your pixels dying), but I think you have to distinguish a person's actions from their motivation. Ganking a random player and they turn out to be a woman? In this case you're doing things to just...