i'm gonna say it AGAIN
if your game only allows for a male playable character, but ESPECIALLY a cis white male
it's bad. it's a bad game. you've made nothing original. it's boring. bad bad bad
if a video game brings you more anger/frustration than joy/fun
consider not playing it tbh
i should try to group my video game tweets better
me, hearing about a new video game for the first time: can i be a girl?
make video games easier thank u
also maybe less violent ? i’m tired of fighting.
me, as a video game vlogger or something: so, tell me about your game...
some game dev: well *talks about how it's made, the stor, cool technological and graphical things, the hard work of the team, etc*
me: can i be a girl?
sgd: well, no--
*camera pans towards me looking at it with my head tilted and a sweet smile*
me: 0/10
some dude: "it doesn't matter what gender they are, so why are you complaining"
if it "doesn't matter" then: Let Me Be A Girl
if it was less hard i would have finished it
is a feeling i have about many video games
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@gingerrroot I tried to think of a reductive way to refer to all these male characters, but they all seem like they'd be taken as compliments -_-
@gingerrroot One I've been waiting for that may be of interest:
https://store.steampowered.com/app/593150/Ooblets/
Farming, little friend critters, and dance offs when the little friend critters face off.
@gingerrroot YES PLS
I try so hard to make games that aren't predicated on violence
@gingerrroot "but girls are too hard to animate!"
@revolverocelot ur right, no more female npcs either it'll help speed up production
@gingerrroot @revolverocelot women are now cancelled :(
@gingerrroot @revolverocelot let's make more games where you're a genderless alien and it's your job to invade earth and kill only the white cis men. the men are easy to kill.
@gingerrroot I love my comics fan buddies but they need to heed this advice, too.
HRTPaladinQuinn 
@gingerrroot see Victor Vran and Van Helsing series both aRPG but don't allow ya to play a women.
@gingerrroot
You know games sometimes tell a story? Of a white man? Who has a child? And is straight?
If that's your only criteria for good games... man do I have bad news for you.
@brainblasted
First, I literally don't care what gender and orientation my character is (no, really).
Second, if an author wants to have a white straight male as protagonist, why not? It's the author's choice. If you don't like that then don't play the game. Simple as that.
Or, you know, find someone who makes a game just for you. Creating games is hard, so don't take that easy.
@gingerrroot
Non-white, non-male, non-straight folks are not represented. That means when we consume media, we have nobody who looks like us, nobody who might have gone through some of the same struggles we've been through - we have no one to relate to.
If we limit ourselves to only playing games that don't have straight white male protagonists, then we cannot play 99% of the games available. So that's not a viable solution for those of us that want to enjoy games.
Why should we limit ourselves rather than seek representation?
@brainblasted @gingerrroot
It seems to me that you want just more representation of non-white, non-straight, non-male protagonists, is that right? If yes, I totally support that! RPG-like character edit screens in most games would be awesome.
Unfortunately most bigger studios don't really care about it, in fact if you're lucky you get at least the choice between male/female, and that's it. Sometimes it just doesn't fit the story (and I'm fine with that),… (1/x)
@brainblasted @gingerrroot
…and sometimes the devs just had not time for it (or didn't want to, or marketing said otherwise, whatever).
Also, game developers are under a lot of stress. I mean, really lots of stress. So, having additional options is often not a priority. That's the sad reality :/
(2/2)
@gingerrroot The overabundance of video game protagonists voiced by Nolan North, Troy Baker, and Matt Mercer says less about the lack of available talent in voice-acting and much more about just how many games star a white dude in his 30s
@gingerrroot Like the Witcher ?
@soza especially the witcher tbh.
i even mad a separate post complaining about the fact that only letting us be a woman for Part of the game is somehow worse than not at all
@gingerrroot didn't play it yet, but I'll pay attention to it when I'll try it :)
in the same breath:
mary sues aren’t real
men can be OP and survive anything and win everything and no one cares
let women be the same way