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Gay Marriage In Video Games: A Short History, From The Sims To Grand Theft Auto V

Hey, Nintendo, Here Are 7 Games That DO Feature Gay Marriage
The Huffington Post UK
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Nintendo's banning of same-sex marriage in its upcoming game 'Tomodachi Life' has prompted an online campaign to force them to reverse the decision.

While the Japanese company has past form in banning and censoring homosexual characters, features and story-lines from titles published for its consoles, the rest of the games industry appears - thankfully - to be a little more progressive.

Here's a brief history of gay marriage in video games - and note, this only relates to marriage http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_LGBT_characters_in_video_games, the list of gay characters in computer games is even more extensive...

A History Of Gay Marriage In Computer Games
1998: Fallout 2(01 of07)
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Fallout 2 was the first ever game to feature a same-sex marriage in 1998 (credit:Interplay Entertainment)
2000: Final Fantasy IX(02 of07)
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Way back in 2000, the ninth instalment of the epic game series featured a gay marriage. (credit:Square EA)
2001: The Sims(03 of07)
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The Sims allowed gay characters to mingle, date and co-habit but stopped short of marriage. (credit:EA)
2004: The Temple of Elemental Evil(04 of07)
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The Temple of Elemental Evil had an optional storyline that featured a gay marriage. (credit:Atari)
2004: Fable I/II/III(05 of07)
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Throughout the entire Fable series, gay characters could pretty much do whatever they wanted with whoever they liked. (credit:Microsoft Game Studios)
2011: The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim(06 of07)
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Allows the option to marry anyone, whatever their gender. (credit:Bethesda Softworks)
2013: Grand Theft Auto V (07 of07)
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A homeless trevor begs to be allowed to marry another man in order to live in his house. (credit:Rockstar)
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