Putting the Gay in Games: Cultural Production and GLBT Content in Video Games

Putting the Gay in Games: Cultural Production and GLBT Content in Video Games

Adrienne Shaw

Julho 1, 2009

Leticia Rodrigues

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Journal Article

Adrienne Shaw

Journal Article

10.1177/1555412009339729

1555-4120

This article addresses gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender (GLBT) representation in video games from a cultural production perspective. It addresses how members of the video game industry account for the relative lack of GLBT representation in this medium. Previous studies have shown that certain stakeholders actively invest in GLBT representation in media. Factors in the inclusion of GLBT content include (a) the presence of motivated producers in the industry, those that are personally, politically, or commercially interested in GLBT content; (b) how the audience for a text or medium is constructed; (c) what the public backlash from both the GLBT community and conservative groups will be, as well as industry-based reprisals in the form of censorship or ratings; (d) the structure of the industry and how it is funded; and (e) how homosexuality, bisexuality, or transgender identities can be represented in the medium.

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Julho 1, 2009

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Games and Culture

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SAGE Journals

228-253

Games and Culture

Putting the Gay in Games

Putting the Gay in Games: Cultural Production and GLBT Content in Video Games

http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/1555412009339729

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