[Every week (until I get bored), Art Juice takes a recent videogame story and provides an unremittingly artistic slant, telling us a little something about ourselves in the process ... whether we want to know the truth or not!]
There has been a lot of talk about videogames and homosexuality lately, and much argument has sparked around the idea of a gay videogame hero. One common argument brought up in the discussion is, "Why does it have to be gay? Why not female, or black, or disabled?"
People forget that changing a subject does not invalidate an argument, but they say it anyway because they know they can score a cheap agreement. After all, why not have more black or hispanic characters? Why not a transgendered person, more women, people with disabilities? Why not have all these issues bundled up into one character?
Ladies and gentlemen, I present to you the ULTIMATE videogame protagonist, a Swiss army knife of sociopolitical commentary. In the future, ALL videogame characters will look like this, and it will be glorious.
Jim Sterling serves as reviews editor for Destructoid.com, head of the Podtoid podcast, and produces a number of news stories, original features, one-of-a-kind videos. With his passionate argumentative style, controversial opinions, harsh delivery, and dedication to brutal honesty Sterling is a name that you can't help but recognize.
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9:00 AM on 01.02.2012 | 
Awesome picture, Sterling.
...and it should be a vegan meat eater.
Although, I was hoping that there would be more significant improvements in your art after getting a tablet. I understand that this is your style but, aside from your lines being smoother, there is little improvement from your MS Paint works.
Also a disappointing lack of anus and/or demons.
if not, what are your afraid Jim?
And need more spider-anus.
Hey now, I never claimed to be good, ever! :-)
That said, I only just got this tablet thing and I really do wanna keep practicing and maybe be better. I *like* doing pictures, despite not being great at them. Hopefully practice makes perfect.
Gamers ignore or bash so so many games that don't fit in the DUDEBRO MILITARY SIMULATION ANGRY ROIDED MAN BARBARIAN, that they ensure that we will continue to get what works, and that is the lowest common denominator material.
THAT'S ME!
Idiot.
Other than that I enjoy the depth of this piece, a subtle commentary on humanity's desperation in the face of not getting to space. Truly tragic. :(
Or even better, piloting a huge wheelchair mecha as well as having psychic powers.
it actually got a kid in an armoured wheelchair dismembering punks in it.
When did YOU join the cast of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles?
Keep up the good work.
When did you get a wheelchair leg?!
Ya know, to make him interesting
But yes, that would be the equality KRAKEN that you just jumped. Being inclusive's nice, but total homogeny isn't something that should be sought. The point was never to lump all of societies' issues and personality traits into one character. That's why making Drake gay was off: changing what a character is established to be only to propel an argument would cause both Nate and the argument to be hollow. Heck, giving Nate a gay friend in the next game with whom he plays just the tip, just once, just to see how it feels and afterwards decides against it as a personal lifestyle would be much more natural for who he is established to be. At any rate, sending the message to people that it's no longer okay to be JUST straight and white when you can be multi-ethnic and vegan and Buddhist and from Mars and pan-sexual marginalizes straight white people, and straight white people still deserve to be depicted in society, even if it's becoming less cool to be a boring ol cracker. Saltines are delicious, dammit!