ZVERMIX
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Yup, that was we. The articles:Didn't someone somewhere in this thread post a RPS article of hers in which she was gushing over VtMB, and basically admitted to be gay for Jeanette?
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/06/20/s-exe-vampire-the-masquerade-bloodlines-part-1/
https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2014/10/24/vampire-masquerade-sex-e/
Some excerpts:
For this week’s S.EXE I thought I’d write you the first part of my spiral into the dark, sexy overtones of one of the best-written western RPGs we’ve got, and my quest for someone there who gives a damn about me (Jeanette)
And I say to you: is there a time at which vampires were not flimsy sexy sulkbros? Sex is the monster, my dears. The libido is the monster. It’s just who possesses it that’s under contention.
But as I say, VTMB is gutsy, in that it embraces the fang metaphor, the penetrative act – it wholeheartedly embraces an erotic overtone in a way that makes you aware that games tend to actively avoid such material.
However, what rescues VTMB from my sighs of ‘maybe we should have more diversity in the presentation of bodies here’ is the writing.
Why can’t I just stay around my own kind? I don’t deserve human contact. I’m a mess. I have to find her (Jeanette). Yeah, she sticks in the mind. She’s here to welcome me. Ah, I think. I will go through hell for you, before the sun comes up. Yes, a special kind of hell.
Bloodlines treats characters as much more complex than we have a right to expect from games, though I think there could be huge improvement in its treatment of women and sexuality, and its treatment of people of colour is very poor. It still manages to stand out from other games in the way it welcomes sexual themes
Yeah, she's definitely gay for Jeanette. And she likes the original's brand of "sexy" (with some "diversity" reservations).
Also, during the announcement she said she's constantly looking to make the sequel "sexier" in all ways possible. So there's some optimism for you Zombra.