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Race, Gender and LGBT Themes in Video Games

Do you guys like video games? I like video games. I'm not the best at them, and I have a fairly short attention span, so I rarely finish games. Back in November of last year, I was completely fixated on Fallout 4. I love all of the Fallout games, and I excitedly pre-ordered the Pip-Boy edition. I played that game for hours and days on end until I finished it. I loved it. I loved that Bethesda added the ability to explore relationships. Granted, the characters were limited romantically, but it was still cool. Being a fairly cisgendered woman, I didn't really consider the fact that the romantic options were almost completely heteronormative. Default players--straight white couple I read some articles and saw how the game could have been better in a romantic sense. The options could have been expanded to include more range of romantic situations and interactions. Your character was very limited in what they could say, and there were some fairly sexist comments from a few...

Video Game Blog Post?!

Hey guys!! Have you heard of Twitch ? It is a website dedicated to online video shows!! Basically, people play video games but it's over the inter-webs so other people can tune in and watch them play, chat with them, etc. It's a really cool platform for gamers all over the world. I've had a decent amount of guys in my life who are very dedicated to streaming, and it's given me an idea. I tend to have a bit of a hard time motivating myself to write posts. It's pretty time consuming. I've also recently starting streaming a bit on my boyfriend's Twitch, and that leaves even less time for me to do other things. Well, I've decided to do both. thesxkitten Twitch page On this Twitch stream, I can play video games while talking to you all about things I think are important and interesting, and since there is a chat box, I can get your immediate input or answer any questions you may have about anything in your relationships or lives. This is a new end...