1.0The Escapisthttps://www.escapistmagazine.comAnthony John Agnellohttps://www.escapistmagazine.com/author/anthony/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="MnYTTwiq4Q"><a href="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/who-will-win-glaads-oustanding-game-award/">Who Will Win GLAAD’s Oustanding Game Award</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.escapistmagazine.com/who-will-win-glaads-oustanding-game-award/embed/#?secret=MnYTTwiq4Q" width="600" height="338" title="“Who Will Win GLAAD’s Oustanding Game Award” — The Escapist" data-secret="MnYTTwiq4Q" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(c,d){"use strict";var e=!1,o=!1;if(d.querySelector)if(c.addEventListener)e=!0;if(c.wp=c.wp||{},c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage);else if(c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if(!t);else if(!(t.secret||t.message||t.value));else if(/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret));else{for(var r,s,a,i=d.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),n=d.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),l=0;l<n.length;l++)n[l].style.display="none";for(l=0;l<i.length;l++)if(r=i[l],e.source!==r.contentWindow);else{if(r.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message){if(1e3<(s=parseInt(t.value,10)))s=1e3;else if(~~s<200)s=200;r.height=s}if("link"===t.message)if(s=d.createElement("a"),a=d.createElement("a"),s.href=r.getAttribute("src"),a.href=t.value,!o.test(a.protocol));else if(a.host===s.host)if(d.activeElement===r)c.top.location.href=t.value}}},e)c.addEventListener("message",c.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),d.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",t,!1),c.addEventListener("load",t,!1);function t(){if(o);else{o=!0;for(var e,t,r,s=-1!==navigator.appVersion.indexOf("MSIE 10"),a=!!navigator.userAgent.match(/Trident.*rv:11\./),i=d.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),n=0;n<i.length;n++){if(!(r=(t=i[n]).getAttribute("data-secret")))r=Math.random().toString(36).substr(2,10),t.src+="#?secret="+r,t.setAttribute("data-secret",r);if(s||a)(e=t.cloneNode(!0)).removeAttribute("security"),t.parentNode.replaceChild(e,t);t.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:r},"*")}}}}(window,document); </script> https://www.escapistmagazine.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/Last-of-Us-Pt-2-1.jpg?fit=1080%2C6081080608GLAAD, the Gay and Lesbian Alliance Against Defamation, announced that it is introducing a video game category in the 30th Annual GLAAD Media Awards. When the ceremony is held next year, one 2018 game will win the Outstanding Video Game Award. While GLAAD has highlighted LGBTQ achievements in video games and the video game industry in the past, adding a major award category for the medium is a recognition of the broader importance and influence of video games in people’s lives. “In the past, we honored [2014’s] Dragon Age: Inquisition for its inclusion of LGBTQ characters,” Zeke Stokes, vice president […]