Baldur's Gate 3 celebrates queerness (Larian Studios)
epic fantasy role-playing video game baldur's gate 3 It won the Outstanding Video Game Award at the GLAAD Media Awards.
The 35th Annual GLAAD Media Awards was held in Los Angeles on Thursday, March 14th, with 310 nominations across 33 categories.
meanwhile 'Mean Girls' star Renee Rapp Oprah Winfrey receives the Vanguard Award for Outstanding Music Artist; baldur's gate 3 won the Video Game of the Year award.
In nominating the game, GLAAD described it as “a high fantasy that not only welcomes gay people, but embraces us and weaves our stories throughout the vibrant, dynamic world the game creates.” Did.
The organization added: “For CRPG (computer role-playing game) enthusiasts who are tired of seeing LGBTQ characters constantly forced into social, tokenized roles, this is the revolutionary step forward we've all been waiting for. [the] Genre. ”
baldur's gate 3 will be released in August 2023, and one of the characters that particularly caught the attention of the LGBTQ+ community is a sexy vampire daddy called Astarion, who is described as an “older vampire who seduces fools with a pulse.” I am.
Developed by Larian Studios, the game allows players to form same-sex relationships, and fans of the game have hailed the latest award winner on Twitter/X.
In a previous interview with The Gamer, Neil Newbon, the voice actor who played Astarion, pointed out the importance of normalizing gay characters in games.
“The big thing that resonates with Astarion for me is that he's pansexual…he's attracted to whoever he's attracted to and he loves whoever he loves. This is a beautiful message. .Especially in these days when we're seeing so much progress for the LGBTQ+ community.
“It's important to continue to push the message that you should love who you want to love, that it doesn't matter, and no one should judge you for it.”
