I just don’t believe it. A bunch of people lose their minds, so what, they lose their minds if you change the color of the bow in Ms. Pac-man’s hair.
I am sure there would be a bunch of angry homophobic nonsense if you made Chun Li or Lara Croft gay. I also think listening to trolls and judging a whole community by their worst element is a bad idea every time.
I agree it needs to happen. I am not in the gaming industry, I’m not currently writing any games, but it already looks ridiculous how many of the protagonists for the most popular games are white straight dudes. A little variety is pretty nice.
And wasn’t there a great lot of support for the same sex relationships in Dragon Age and Skyrim?
I think we’re closer than it seems.