Homos, Fags, Queers, Marys, Butt Pirates

Oh good, now that I've got your full attention, in honor of this past October 11 being "National Coming Out Day" I thought it would be a good opportunity to tackle a sensitive issue once and for all- the over-hyped use of ambiguously gay characters in videogames.

And to all you snickering and giggling back there all I can say is "Grow up"!

List of Fruit Brutes

Here are just a few characters that haven't quite come out of the proverbial closet just yet:

Makoto - Enchanted Arms- There is no question about this one folks. No guessin', no speculatin' UbiSoft makes no bones about it, this guy is GAY! In fact they had this to say "Makoto is openly gay and his friends like to call him "yellow otomegokoro."

I looked it up (so you wouldn't have to) otomegokoro means "girl's feeling, maiden's mind".

He's also got quite the fashion sense don'tcha think -with his Kingdom Hearts-like jacket, bare midriff and weird sort of skirt thingy over his pants. And who could miss those lavender Lee Press-On Nails! Even though, most of the guys in this game are pretty girly looking, this guy's the real McCoy!

Voldo - Soul Calibur- C'mon there's no denying that Voldo is one kinky fellow! With his leather bondage costume that seems to be made up of leather bits, armor, a codpiece (I do love a good codpiece) to make ol' Edward Scissorhands jealous as well as his creepy, upside down crab-walk moves and his absolute devotion to his "master". (Hey, have you ever noticed how many of these game guys have a strange attachment to some sort of "Master"?)

Wanna see more of the list? Prance on over here