Gamertell

In a recent post at AfterElton.com entitled “The Week in Gay Geek”, writer LyleMasaki takes on the recent controversies surrounding the UK re-release of Bully and Fox News’ coverage of Mass Effect. LyleMasaki writes that the issues taken with Bully (thankfully) have nothing to do with the same-sex kissing in the game, but notes that the Fox News/Mass Effect fiasco was prompted by the (optional) queer content.

From the post:

“the lesbian-inclusive Mass Effect has become a target for conservative pundits. It started when one conservative news site claimed the game had “explicitly graphic” love scenes, with another columnist saying the game “can be customized to sodomize whatever, whoever, however the game player wishes”. Bastion of journalistic credibility, Fox News picked up the story, prompting (Mass Effect publisher) EA Games to demand a correction.”

Its a nice, succinct wrap-up of the recent goings-on, which are likely to get uglier as time goes on. Fortunately, one of the participants of the broadcast - Cooper Lawrence has already apologized for her misguided comments on the game. It’s sad that the whole affair has become such a big deal - I still applaud Bioware for including the scene in the game, despite the unfortunate media storm that’s resulted.

On a lighter note, the post also mentions new superhero themed puzzle/RPG Spandex Force, which has just seen release on the Mac platform. If it’s truly the PuzzleQuest killer it’s being billed as, I’m going to need to get on that.

Read [AfterElton]