Fable III, the new Xbox role-playing game from Lionhead Studios, will do more than let the warriors of the nation Albion battle each other to the death: It’ll also let ’em play house with members of the same-sex.
The gay-friendly game play isn’t new: Fable players have enjoyed this option since 2004; The Sims has coded gay relationships into its role playing since 2000. And then of course there’s Dragon Age: Origins, which not only lets players go gay, but lets them pretend they’re starring in a Cinemax late night special.
When the Prince of Albion isn’t battling reanimated corpses, searching for mystical medallions or attempting to overthrow his tyrannical brother, he has a pretty nice life at home with his husband, Kyle the Blacksmith, and their two adopted sons, Alex and Tim.
But keep in mind: This is a video game for Xbox, which means identifying as a homo opens you up to all sorts of fun conversation. [AP]
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Joe
old news Queerty; Fable II let you do the same thing.
sam
@Joe: Older than that sunshine. As the article said, Fable I was doing it too.
Ash
Yes, marrying and having sex with a member of the same sex was allowed in the earlier Fable games, but what is new is having children as a gay couple. In Fable 3 you can adopt!
klarth@twitter
This is cool. IMO, Lionhead is WAY more progressive than BioWare.
*still pissed about “no homo” in Mass Effect, and the BS explanation.*