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"One of the most highly anticipated game releases this year is Bethesda
Studio’s action role-playing game
Starfield. An open world game set in the
year 2330 with over 1,000 explorable planets, it’s been described by producer
Todd Howard as “Like
Skyrim in space” and by director Ashley Cheng as “the
Han Solo simulator. Get in a ship, explore the galaxy, do fun stuff.”
New game releases are rarely without their controversies. Earlier this month, a
clip of YouTuber HeelvsBabyface complaining about the inclusion of pronouns in
Starfield went viral.
You take everything we love, all our immersions, all our fantasies, all our
escapism, and you can’t help shovel your dogshit fucking crap ideology into
everything.
Other internet gaming personalities are claiming they will boycott the game
over its inclusion of pronouns in the character creation system.
All this is in a response to a window that pops up during character creation
asking the player to confirm their character’s pronouns from three options:
he/him, she/her, and they/them.
Larian Studios’
Dungeons & Dragons-based game
Baldur’s Gate 3 was released
for Playstation 5 on the same day as
Starfield. The game has a similarly
detailed character creation system including three “identity” options: male,
female, and non-binary/other, which has similarly incited criticism from
gamers."
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
