Homophobic Orson Scott Card to write comic adaption of Bioware’s LGBT-Friendly Dragon Age: Origins
This was brought to my attention by the proprietor of “Whatever” (the comic store in the heart of San Francisco’s fabulous Castro where I buy my books). I’d heard of Orson Scott Card (writer of Ender’s Game) in passing due to a blog post on another site (I forget which – if it was yours comment with link) about the cover to Ender’s Game #3 being homoerotic (which is odd considering he’s a devout and outspoken Mormon on the board of the National Organization for Marriage who believes homosexuality is an “acquired characteristic linked to abuse or molestation in childhood”).
Orson Scott Card is the type of bigot who ACTUALLY believes laws against homosexuality should remain on the books to be used against those who are not “discrete” (read that as “closeted and self-loathing”).
Also peculiar is the vast number of articles I find mentioning Ender’s Game being either homoerotic or homophobic. Does anyone read it? It doesn’t seen like that fine a line to me. Not sure how to mistake one for the other… Thoughts?
Well apparently for some ungodly reason he’s been tapped by IDW Publishing and EA Comics to write a comic version of the very gay-friendly Dragon Age: Origins RPG from Bioware. Dragon Age garnered much attention at sites like GayGamer, Kotaku, AfterElton, BitMob and even Telegraph.uk for the ability to play your character as Straight, Gay or Bi and the tastefully suggestive and romantic sex scenes that follows if you seduce the warrior elf Zevranthe with the right conversation.
TELL EA COMICS HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT THE INSENSITIVITY OF GIVING A LGBT FRIENDLY PROPERTY TO A HOMOPHOBE! Here is some contact info provided by the publisher of DoorQ (which has a history of pointing out Orson’s hatred). Thanks Jody!
209 Redwood Shores Parkway
Redwood City, CA 94065, USA
Phn: 650-628-1500
Fax: 650-628-1422They seem to be a bit stingy on the email addresses. But if Marci Galea, the company wide talent manager is mgalea@ea.com, then John Riccitiello, the CEO of Electronic Arts, should be at jriccitiello@ea.com. No promises that won’t disappear into a black hole, so you might want to make a call to their phone line and follow up with an email.
Until recently, (Dragon Age, Bully, Mass Effect, Fable) playable gay and lesbian characters in videos games were often limited to stereotypical gay NPCs or lesbians meant to titillate the typical straight male gamer. I am very happy to see this sort of option showing up more often. This sort of inclusion in a predominantly straight genre is a heartening example of how the world is changing for the better and can only lead to gay kids growing up feeling not only represented but also accepted and straight kids growing up with the belief that someone being gay is no big deal.
Looks like Zevranthe gets around… so if you play Dragon Age gay and take him for a tumble, you might wanna pick up some buckskin rubbers.
If you are interested in playing the game, here are direct buy links for the PC version of the game and its 1st expansion. XBox and Playstation editions are available in QueerSUPE’s LGBT Friendly Video Games section.
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