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Red Guard  Posts: 4033 Joined: 18 Sep 2008     |
Aww! Harsh! But I do agree this is a rather moot point. |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 96 Joined: 11 Sep 2008     | It means nothing. There's nothing that guarantees a female character is played by an actual woman, or that a male character is played by a man for that matter. I guess that means same-sex marriages have been going on for quite a while now! |
On the Record  Posts: 5313 Joined: 28 Feb 2008    | And Fiesta has been offering official gay marriage at the release of wedding items, and the staff were conducting marriages for gay couples even before the wedding items were released. |
On the Record  Posts: 5399 Joined: 10 Jan 2009    |
This. But it is nice to have the option I guess, for couples that play MMO's. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2587 Joined: 14 Jan 2008   |
yeah me too Malygris, me too |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 4501 Joined: 6 Sep 2008     |
Foolish fool, thats what you've been conditioned to think! |
Pulitzer Laureate Posts: 756 Joined: 12 Dec 2007  | Props to them for doing this. Who knows, it may even make conventional headlines, and be lobbied by fanatical religious whackos. |
Red Guard  Posts: 5253 Joined: 14 Oct 2007  | Oh God no! The Gay agender is playing out even now! Be careful, soon They'll be asking for bestiality opportunities. It's straight down to Hell for the lot of these Satanic developers! |
Press Junketeer  Posts: 489 Joined: 30 Jan 2009  | So... if a game has same-sex marriages, are we assuming that it's advocating it? Why then doesn't anyone say that PvP combat advocates murder of your fellow man? |
Copy Clerk  Posts: 77 Joined: 28 Dec 2008     | I agree with the
I don't really see a problem... |
Beat Writer  Posts: 165 Joined: 14 Feb 2008    |
Well, if this isn't news... why are you posting it as news? :D |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 2909 Joined: 12 May 2008    |
Fuck with one bean, I mean if you get on that Horse, you gotta ride it. (hot damn, ever since I subscribed to the "George Bush" school of thought, my life's become so much easier!) |
Red Guard Posts: 5253 Joined: 14 Oct 2007 |
What's that? "If it's oil, steal it. If it's people who agree with me, sell them oil. If it's people who don't agree with me, dick move!" |
Pulitzer Laureate  Posts: 810 Joined: 22 Oct 2008  | /read... /chuckle... /attempt at giving a damn... /failing miserably Seriously though... way to go I suppose... We are going towards an age when we will stop and ask ourselves... what exactly makes a game. Till then, this sort of thing is news I suppose. |
Beat Writer  Posts: 129 Joined: 9 Mar 2009     | I skipped Fable 1 and 2 for the qweer shi-, [not that I give a crap about this stuff but I dont like the idea of a virtual me getting butt-f***ed thank you], if you wanna be gay leave it out of the virtual world and screw yourself already. And if its for a man having a male character and a woman having a dude character getting in-game married then just make another character already. I hate it when people start taking real life crap and throwing it into games. |
Gone Gonzo  Posts: 3905 Joined: 4 May 2008    |
Oh sweet Jesus, I cannot unsee the mental images, they burn my eyes! |
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Dream of Mirror Online Unveils Same-Sex In-Game Marriage
Casual MMOG Dream of Mirror Online has announced that it now offers same-sex marriages as part of its "dynamic in-game marriage system."
The Dream of Mirror Online marriage system puts players on a series of "fun yet challenging" quests, after which they may plan and ultimately take part in an online dream wedding that includes an ideal locale, wedding outfits and even rings. After the marriage is complete, players gain new and unique skills including the ability to summon their partner and to completely heal him or her during battle.
Dream of Mirror Online is a "social MMOG" that focuses on building relationships and offers unique benefits for players who do so. Some players also have special "fated ties" to one another based on the birthday selected for the character during the character creation process. The topic of same-sex in-game marriages has been "popular" since the game went online in fall 2007.
And now, the inevitable social commentary. Why is this a big deal anymore? Gamers, broadly speaking, have seen (and done) some pretty weird things within the context of their hobbies and compared to a lot of that, same-sex marriage is downright mundane. Debate continues in the real world (for some reason) but in the pure fantasy escapism of our games, why the hell would same-sex marriage be seen as any more remarkable than a Bosmer/Khajiit hookup?
Props to Dream of Mirror Online for giving gays the same chance to be trapped in cold, loveless marriages as the rest of us but I look forward to the day when this sort of thing isn't news, it's just normal.
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