We used a Japanese game, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku as an example to examine the sexuality in the game. It showed that heterosexuality is portrayed as norm in the game just like traditional media text. Also, we have gave out the example of The Sims and Japan BL game (Boy Love game) to show LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender) characters in video game have increased after the company find out that the dominant group of players who are young white heterosexual male are willing to play a strong and powerful female character, e.g. Tomb Raider and Resident Evil.
From the discussion, we discussed about the nowadays trend of homosexual element in the video games and the example of Japan BL game. In fact, the companies want to earn pink dollars. So, they start to design and promote homosexual element in the game. But, it is not popular among the dominant trend. From The Sims, we can see that there are discriminations about homosexual pairing. They cannot marry and cannot have a baby. Also, for the example of Japan BL game, it is not really a game about homosexual. Because these games are mainly targeted at female players and the male characters in the games are always have feminine-looking, it is hard to distinguish the gender of the characters. So, female players can get involved into the central characters and easy to identify with the character.
Actually, different subject position can be challenged the sexuality in the video games such as female players acted as male central characters in the game and homosexual players. Nowadays, NDS, PSP and Wii become more popular which change the trend that young white heterosexual male dominated the game market. There are different games which targeted at different players. So, there are still have a lot of spaces to explore the role of sexuality played in the video games.
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It is really true that heterosexuality is dominated in the game market; it is because the producers can guarantee the incomes of selling the game in the heterosexual dominant society. Your group’s example showed that homosexual characters can be created as very cute and nice outlook, and then many straight guys and homosexuals may consume this game due to the pretty characters and the background of the story. It may affect people to accept homosexuals in the reality. To me, an important problem should be concerned that those video games neglected all disabilities to play, especially blind people, and people who lose hand.
Being a girl, personally, I like to play online games very much. One of the games, Tomb Raider, which we had discussed after the presentation, was one of my favorites. I was attracted by her ideal body figure and addicted to her powerful skills as well as weapons. I and my friends who played this game realized that we can’t be a Tomb Raider in the reality but this game gave us a fantasy to dream of.
Besides, some male players who I had communicated with said, ‘pretending as a girl by choosing a female character in the game has many advantages: the other male players would flirt you by giving you some items, teaching you some skills to play the game, even buying you a high-level character account if they are so in to you.’ Also, they continued, ‘I think these kinds of “female” online game are girl approach as I knew many female players in the game more than the other games which played by a male character. It is a good source to meet many girls with the same interests. Besides, you can have a number of virtual girlfriends at the same time, which one of them may probably be your real lover.’
They mentioned several reasons to play online games, obviously they are all heterosexual approach. Seeking for excitement in online games is not the only or mainly reasons to the players, they expect more than that. It is reasonable that boys are so obsess to gain items and raising level in the game for attracting more female players.
Video games has become concentrating on heterosexuality. Playing online games is having more fun than TV video games. Female can flirt with male and they can even get married in some of the online games. Some girls may play with male character to get married with a female. A question of homosexuality would than bring out, "Can it be also acceptable if we know that both of them are female?If we can accept it, how about the homosexuality in the real world?"
It is truth that video game is now developed into many different themes, like homosexual theme. It’s really challenging the acceptance of homosexual in the game market. I think it is good that have more choices of games in the market, people can had more identity in the virtual life of game that they have not tried in the real world
Nowadays, online games is very popular over the world. However, most of the games seems desiged for the heterosexuality players.
But it has an interest thing is, many male players would pretend as a girl in the game and desire to get some advantages from the real male characters. Conseverly, some female players may select the characters as a male. Sometines they may even get married in the game. Infact, it seems possible in the game since they believed that the other side is the real sex that they choose for the characters, but does it work in the reality? I think many of them may think that it is unacceptable because homosexual is still marginalize by people.
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