Thursday, April 07, 2016

I Am Not A Gamer…

But I came across this article about trans people programers and the gamers that play their games.
‘Baldur’s Gate’ game studio flooded with abuse over new transgender character
Pink News
By Nick Duffy
7th April 2016

A video game developer has spoken out against tides of horrific personal abuse – after the inclusion of a transgender character in an expansion pack.

Beamdog Studios had included a transgender character in the latest expansion to fantasy role-playing game Baldur’s Gate, ‘Siege of Dragonspear’.
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However, the inclusion of the character sparked a backlash among fans, who claimed that it was too unrealistic despite the game also featuring magic and mythical creatures.

Hundreds of fans flooded the game’s pages with negative reviews, claiming that the “crap writer” should be dismissed for creating “a tranny that doesn’t fit the lore”.

Many of the comments are personally directed at writer Amber Scott, who has been subjected to online abuse and repeated threats of violence.
And lazygamer.net reports
Oster did however make it very clear that harassment of individual developers who internet users might try to lay singular blame on for the inclusion of “politically correct” characters will not be tolerated. Oster warned that Beamdog is a small team of talented developers that will stand by each other no matter what, and that harassment towards any member of this team will be ferverously defended against by the studio.
As I mentioned, I am not a gamer but I know bigotry when I see it. I doubt most gamers feel this way but like any community there are some vocal opponents.

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