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Gay friendly EXPAND STORY TEXTSSubscribe to this tag Does sexual orientation have a place in games? 126 [Editor's Note: We're not just a (rad) news site -- we also publish opinions/editorials from our community & employees like this one, though be aware it may not jive with the opinions of Dest... Hot mess? Atari to bring Project Runway game to the Wii 26 Ah, I bet you thought I was going to use “Make it work!” in the headline to describe the recent news that Atari is bringing a Project Runway game to the Wii. The popular phrase is the... Participate in the New Gaymer Survey 39 Like videogames? Love sexual identity? Then you'll simply adore the "New Gaymer Survey," a study by Paul Nowak who aims to continue the work of the original "Gay Gamer" survey... Gay publication asks if games are getting gayer 64 Following on from the Shadow Complex debate, the question is being raised as to whether or not games are becoming more accepting of homosexuality and gay issues. Gay publication The Advocate asks... Gamer stereotype used to discourage 'gay' as an insult 143 Next time you want to say "That's so gay," you might want to instead consider, "That's so gamer guy who has more videogames than friends." That's what anti-homophobia outfit &... Wait, what? GayGamer a runner up in EA's #Lust contest 51 Remember EA's #Lust contest for Dante's Inferno that they ran at San Diego Comic Con? Well, in a strange twist of fate, PixelPoet of GayGamer came in as a runner up in the contest, after submitti... 'Gay' used pejoratively 98 percent of the time on LIVE 61 I don't think this will come as a surprise to anyone who has stepped into a multiplayer game of Halo or Gears of War recently, but the word gay is thrown around a lot and it isn't used as a compl... EA will host a panel discussing homophobia in game culture 85 Say what you will about videogame culture, but no one can deny that it can be a difficult space for a gay gamer to be in -- especially with the word "faggot" tossed around so easily onl... RUN FOR SHELTER! In Crysis, it's raining men ... literally! 36 What were The Weather Girls thinking?!For decades, people around the world have raised their hands in the air and danced to the international hit early ‘80s anthem “It’s Raining... Double Helix man brands gaming sites as 'f*gs' 66 Eurogamer is never short of controvery when it comes to its reviews, and the European gaming site has caused yet another stir recently when it changed the score of Grand Slam Tennis from 5/10 to ... Gay Pride in World of Warcraft 39 Usually, WoW players need to invent an excuse as to why they've never been with a woman, but now they have a perfectly legitimate reason. It's Pride Month in the USA, and that means World of Warc... Final Fantasy XIII's lesbian bike is ... emotional 51 You may have heard of Final Fantasy XIII's version of Shiva by now. The classic FF summon now turns into a motorbike by being two flamboyant women who kind of scissor each other to become a motor... Muscle March: The greatest videogame trailer ever created 69 Prepare yourself. You are about to watch a trailer for upcoming Japanese WiiWare game Muscle March that will include the following:Constellations in the shape of musclesRainbowsSheepMore penises ... Final Fantasy English dub is finally here 56 Man it is so great to see Square Enix take Final Fantasy voice acting in a different direction with Final Fantasy XIII. I think we were all getting a little tired of winey protagonists, annoying ... Gay videogame designer sues Microsoft for discrimination 36 We know there have been some issues regarding Xbox Live Gamertags and statements of sexuality, especially those having to do with homosexuality. I'm not so sure you can actually judge Microsoft o... Christian conservatives attack 'gay agenda' in PC game 80 Conservative Christian site World Net Daily is running a report on Hasbro's The Game of Life, with claims that it is "pushing the homosexual agenda" by allowing same-sex marriage in the... Western clothes make Avatars gayer than ever before 20 Just in case you were worried that your Avatar did not look homoerotic enough, prepare to rejoice as Microsoft will allow you to adorn your embarrassingly twee caricature with cowboy clothes! Now... Microsoft bans lesbian from Xbox Live, starts rounding up Jews 137 In yet another unfortunate case of Microsoft's political correctness backfiring, Xbox Live became the scene of a fresh case of banned homosexual behavior. A female gamer who outed herself as a le... Xbox Live snowglobe launched, NXE is now more twee than ever before 18 Major Nelson has revealed that an Xbox Live Snowglobe is now available in many regions. One of those regions is not yet Europe, as I cannot see the bloody thing on my account. Regardless, this sn... Treasure Troves turns your DS into a 'real life treasure hunt' 5 On the surface, this idea sounds, as a Northern Scally would say, "proper gay," but since I'm a fan of proper gay things, the idea of my DS using Wi-Fi access points to generate random ... Yuffie to join the cast of Avenue Q 31 “Everyone’s A Little Bit Racist.” “If You Were Gay.” “The Internet Is For Porn.” These are just a few of the amazing songs in Broadway hit Avenue Q. And ... Too gay to play: Gay gamer's name banned from Xbox Live 117 A gay gamer with the gamertag "theGAYERgamer" has had his name banned from Xbox Live for being "offensive." As we all know, Xbox Live is a hotbed of homophobia, but it seems t... An action game sealed with a kiss: Faith and a .45 details emerge 25 A little over a week ago, we talked about Faith and a .45, a game notable for its awesome title, interesting backdrop and the fact that it was being made by Total Overdose developer Deadline Game... Wii hardware 'surprisingly stable,' nunchuk's manliness not so much 39 Wii-a-phobia continues to run rampant amongst the hardcore gaming community. There is a new hate-rant about the Wii written almost every day, and not just by random members of the Internet, but o... Xbox Live: Society's sewer, or society's mirror? 74 To say that gamers don't have the greatest of reputations is putting it mildly. We're portrayed as violent-minded, introverted, disturbed malefactors and a lot of the perception is, to be fair, q... Activision boss drops his pants in airport: Suffers a Call of Booty 11 Sometimes a story comes along that really isn't a story, but it's just so stupid you kind of have to run it. Activision CEO Robert Kotick is a man without shame, it seems, as he recently confesse... Art Attack Friday: It's a cross-stitch cornucopia! 13 Today's AAF features not one but four artists, all of whom share the delight of re-rendering classic gaming motifs of the 8-bit variety by applying the lost kitsch tradition of cross-stitching. T... Lost Odyssey will make you the talk of Hot Topic: Accessories are FABULOUS! 23 I must confess that it's always bothered me when an in-game character is not shown to be wearing the items I've equipped on him or her. If I give a character some new armor, but God I want the cl... New South Park focuses on Guitar Hero 28 Gaming has featured in quite a few episodes of South Park, with the PSP, Wii, World of Warcraft and of course Chinpokomon all making appearances. Parker and Stone are set to return to gaming in a... Hulking manlove: Koi Hime Musou brings the hard stuff 17 If there's one thing I've always wanted to rectify in general videogames coverage, it's the constant hetero-centric focus with female body parts. As a firm (and I mean firm) believer in balance a... Proof that the Wii isn't for us: It's time to Dance with the Stars ... (kill me) 46 Unless you want to have your day ruined, I suggest you bypass clicking on the above video. Dancing with the Stars is exactly what it sounds like, and indicative of the kind of thing that will out... Jack Thompson sends gay porn to judge, doesn't even buy dinner first 90 My friends, it's almost time to start popping champagne corks, for the glorious day must surely be soon upon us when Jack Thompson's legal career is curb-stomped savagely into a fine red mist. Fo... This week's VC releases: Gay history edition 19 Another Monday, another update to the Wii's Virtual Console. Whether you want to take on the role of a creepy pink blob, a cyberpunk crime fighter or another obscure TurboGrafx character, the VC ... TGS 2007: Florian Previews Duel Love... But Is It Gay Enough For A Yaoi Toy Boy? 40 As all of you know, I'm a huge fan of homoeroticism in gaming. No, really. I'm so supportive of gay gaming that I actually make a point of pronouncing "video games" as "video gayme... UR MR GAY! Super Mario Galaxy artwork holds a mirror to your homosexuality 67 There's something about we gamers that seems to give us an innate ability to home in on any and all homoerotic material and make as big a deal of it as possible. This would help explain why every... Cho Aniki coming to Virtual Console; you are so not ready 42 I was browsing about the interwebs today when I stumbled upon this gem and felt I needed to enlighten any readers that are not privy to the delights of the Cho Aniki series. For those of you who ... GCDC: Factor 5 president lambasts ratings board for treatment of games 11 Speaking at the Games Convention Developers Conference in Germany, Factor 5 president Julian Eggebrecht (a name that makes me want eggy bread) has stated that games are not being taken seriously ... Halo 3 already sold OVER NINE THOUSAAAAND (and over a million, too, actually) 58 In this rather nifty write-up on the Halo 3 phenomenon, and one can indeed call it that, we learn that the second sequel in Microsoft's crown jewel has already shifted over a million copies befor... Tenuous Katamari reference gives writer excuse to post Norwegian deathpunk vid 29 Say hello to the interestingly named Turbonegro in a video sent to us by Christian, who spotted it on German MTV. He submitted the video to us because it contains what he's called a Deathpunk... The truth about Leon Kennedy: My baby's got a secret 54 Like many of my comrades in the gaming army, I was psyched to pick up the Wii edition of Resident Evil 4 this weekend. Then, I remembered I suck at that game. Hardcore. So Leigh, let's take a... CAG Podcast is going live again tonight 16 Look I drink ... and that makes me a little slow at getting our Podtoid up. As a matter of fact, it takes me damn near a week. Well, our friends Cheapy D and Wombat over at Cheapassgamer and... An army of nine Army of Two screenshots 22 Electronic Arts has sent over some new shots of their upcoming Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 game, Army of Two, and it sure is looking a lot like, well ... Army of Two. Don't get me wrong -... As Dane Cook says, sometimes I just want to dance 36 World of Warcraft is good for a few things, I admit. You can level up fairly quickly and see some pretty artistic stuff around the living world and even better, you can make friends along the w... Weekend Destructainment: Nothing but Fear Effect edition 17 Hey look! Another themed edition of Weekend Destructainment! For this edition, I'm just focusing on one game series, Fear Effect. It was a really great series originally on the PS1. It had a ... Brokeback Mount Doom 33 Sometimes controversy pops up in the most unlikely of places -- even Middle-earth. When approached by Salon with the issue of why same-sex marriage is not allowed in the recently r... Dewy's Adventure for the Wii: so saccharine it will give you a cavity 26 Is it possible that something can be too cute? In the case of a puppy, the answer is obviously no. But regarding this new trailer for Dewy’s Adventure, the conclusion is not so obvious. My... The Epileptic Gaming that could have been 33 Last week, our pals over at Epileptic Gaming took a trip to China to steal communist secrets and whatnot. Because they were traveling halfway across the globe, their Monday show went MIA. And... Why aren't more ads like this? 34 This 1980s Nintendo ad for Game Pak organizers and labels was cleverly changed by an unknown person to make the information a little more interesting. The pictures are still exactly the same as t... Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix secret video not so secret anymore 35  In our continuing effort to smother you with awesomeness, allow us to present the secret video from the end of Kingdom Hearts II: Final Mix. The clip shown above will give you the whole exp... Cooking Mama for the Wii: Hey my Wii still works! 38 If you're like me, and hey, I know you are, then you probably haven't turned on your Wii in a loooooong time (by long time I mean a couple months). Know what got me to turn this white pie... Epileptic Gaming 112: A very special Destructoid week 19 And so the constant love-in between Destructoid and Epileptic Gaming continues. This week (yeah, EG is week long now) both RevAnthony and myself, the world famous Robert Summa, will be on Epile... The solar-powered, portable Wii station 16 Treehuggers, put down your soy beans and inch a little closer for this one: The guys from Tom's Hardware have put together a rolling solar-powered Wii kiosk using a single 20 watt solar pane... New Forza screenshots, updated car list 15 Turn10 has released an updated list of the American production cars in Forza 2, coupled with four new screenshots and a look at the updated HUD. The exotic Saleen and the Chevy Chevelle SS are p... Jesus freaks ready to go anti-Wii 51 Looks like Nintendo has a little problem on its hands: The Wii isn't for everyone. It seems an over zealous anti-porn group -- read that as morons with nothing better to do with their time t... Captain Obvious: Online players like to say 'gay' a lot 48 In another example of shocking news related to studies, a recent gaming survey on the homophobia that permeates the video game landscape says that a majority of online players use the words "... The PSP goes gold ... literally 24 If you're a sucker for a new device simply because it changes color, then Sony has released something special for you -- well, you meaning Japan. The good news though, non-Japanese people, is... Podtoid 17: The sausage fest 51 Since our normal chick count is down by one (Colette is off doing girl things), tonight's recording of Podtoid 17 will be an all-out sausage fest. It's raining men y'all! That's r... Porn Manager 2 gameplay footage; wait, there was a Porn Manager 1? 10 You know how much we at Destructoid loves the pron (example one, two, three, four and five ... OK six). In fact, next to gaming, it's the reason we keep on living in this f*cked up world.... Server maintenace complete 36 Update: The little marine said "job's done" Is anyone still awake? No? Ok, good! We're going to take down the site for a few minutes into the wee hours to add some new hardware ... 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