Gay relationships in BioWare games

[sms_117b]

There are a lot of things going around on the evilness of gay relationships in games and what have you.

I came across this by Stephen Fry on twitter:

If you do 0 else today, do join me and @Yoda to help game-maker @ea stand strong against anti gay hate & the dark side http://www.allout.org/theforce

April 6, 2012

Electronic Arts (EA) -- one of the largest video game makers in the world - is the target of a hateful boycott campaign. Why? Because they gave players the option to include a gay romance story in one of their most popular games: Star Wars: The Old Republic.

Anti-gay letters are flooding Electronic Arts headquarters, calling for a boycott. Without our help the company, its staff and more than 100 million registered players could be pushed to the dark side if the forces of hate get the last word.

Master Yoda wants to make sure Electronic Arts knows anti-gay haters don't win the game. Add your name to Yoda's letter urging the company to stay away from the dark side. Yoda himself will deliver the message directly to the headquarters of Electronics Arts in Redwood City, California.

TO: ELECTRONIC ARTS
Sending you a message of support against the dark homophobic forces, I am.

Stay strong in this time of difficulty, you must. Like Master Yoda says "A Jedi's strength flows from the Force. But beware. Anger, fear, aggression. The dark side are they."

Thanking you for standing up against the anti-gay boycott campaign, I am. May the force be with you.

Join up, sign it, I'm not gay, I don't have a gay character in any game, but I do support the option to do so in a game.

Bump this post so everyone can see and sign up. http://www.allout.org/theforce

 

[Nimcha]

The whole issue so hilariously stupid. There are no gay relationships anywhere to be found in the game. Only after a large part of the community started to pester Bioware about this have they acknowledged they will add the option of having a same-sex relationship with one of your companions. Supposedly coming end this year.

Anyway, opposing homophobes is a thing I can only support, of course.