Super glad to hear we& #39;re about to get the first trans character in a video game!!! And so soon after the first lesbian main character (Ellie Last)
It& #39;s real cool and also very queer-friendly to erase or minimize the work of indie creators in favor of the hot flavor-of-the-week
I hate hate hate the way AAA games suck all the oxygen away from individual creators who actually push these boundaries forward, and I hate the way the games press encourages and enables it
When I complained about the breathless coverage of LOU2& #39;s "gay kiss" teaser trailer people told me & #39;it& #39;s important to have representation in big popular titles& #39; but actually that just seems to hide the work of actual queer creators
...in favor of giving Druckmann the "creative pioneer" legitimacy he so clearly craves
It& #39;s easy to say "well the studio doesn& #39;t control what the press says about them", but, like, they do. The "first gay main character" thing is a marketing story that& #39;s been polished and refined by ND. They could easily open that subject by citing other games and creators
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