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What topics would you like to see in a research paper on queer gaming? (lemmy.blahaj.zone)

submitted 1 week ago by Imaginary_Stand4909@lemmy.blahaj.zone to c/gaming@lemmy.zip

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cross-posted from: https://lemmy.blahaj.zone/post/23565790 Cross-posting here to target gamers in general!

Hello! I'm currently working on a research paper for my English composition course, and we were given free reign on the topic. I decided to do my topic on the history of queerness in gaming, and I'm not only talking about queer characters, but also the gaming community too. So far, my major sources focus on things like:

Demographics of games with queer characters (which identities, created in what country, what year was the game made, etc.)

I want to try to find more stuff about trans, enby, and ace characters as I feel their representation is a little underepresented

Opinions of queer and non-queer gamers on queer representation in games

How fan interpretations, fanon, and external content (like social media posts) is important to gaming too

What games do right and wrong with representation, especially when it comes to "non-gendered" character creators

How localizations/translations are sometimes used to censor queerness. Also about how queerness can be seen differently around the world.

Some info on Gamergate, but that's not a major focus of the paper

A pinch of info about feminist gaming, but not necessarily lesbian-women-only gaming

I want to make sure I'm hitting what people find important to explain and teach to others, as the goal of this paper is to be read by anyone who's curious to learn. So if there's any topic you deem extremely important that shouldn't be missed, please tell me! Also, I'm a little more knowledgeable about JRPGs compared to popular western games, so character recommendations to bring up are appreciated greatly.

I plan to promote a survey about this stuff later on, I just need to get my questions together :). I will crosspost this to other gaming or queer communities, so you might see me there too!

This post is also on Reddit, although due to it being a new account I'm going to struggle to gain traction there with the low karma bans :(

Sidenote: Lemmy.zip is actually my home instance on my personal account, love it here!

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