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1 year a go today, Concord was released. (sh.itjust.works)

submitted 3 weeks ago by kugmo@sh.itjust.works to c/games@sh.itjust.works

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[–] T156@lemmy.world 6 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

The characters not being conventionally attractive and “gender non-conforming” weren’t problems.

Just take Overwatch as an example. People aren't exactly ranting about how Winston (a Gorilla) isn't sexually attractive, and therefore represents the moral downfall of society and that. He's just there.

[–] MolochAlter@lemmy.world 5 points 3 weeks ago

People aren’t exactly ranting about how Winston (a Gorilla) isn’t sexually attractive

Well that's for 2 reasons:

He's a single character, the vast majority of characters in any successful piece of media are at least somewhat appealing, and this stands true for OW.
Winston is a stud