 by Lyle Masaki
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The Week in Gay Geek: At the Closing of the Year
- How can a show can go so long with a Pet Shop Boys theme song and no gays?
This has me cautiously excited. A GayGamer.net reader spots a Craigslist post seeking gay geeks for a show that "will teach (gay geeks) how to have 'game' with other guys". The ad mentions Beauty and the Geek after promising a prize that just happens to be the same as what BatG offers. Hmmmm. I've wondered what a gay version of the show would be like, though considering how badly this past season's "girl geek" twist went, I don't have high expectations for a gay twist.
- We can add Street Fighter to the list of LGBT-inclusive games:
 Uhm, wow, I never heard any speculation about the gender of Final Fight baddie Poison, but now a Capcom producer has outed the pink-tressed street thug as transgender. Reading the character's entry on Wikipedia the character was first declared transgender because some people at Capcom were concerned that having a female foe in the game would mean depicting violence against women ... okay, so they decided hitting a transgender wasn't as bad? Poison will be a character in the upcoming Street Fighter IV. I have to admit I'm feeling mixed about this, as it's great to see a transgender character in a fighting game but the rationale leaves a bit to be desired.
Additionally, I understand Poison isn't the only queer character in the Street Fighter universe, as a character from the original Street Fighter, Eagle, was visually inspired by Freddy Mercury and conceived as gay.
- It's not like I really need that vitamin D, anyway:
The ever-addictive virtual dollhouse The Sims 2 has another expansion pack coming out. This one, Free Time, adds hobbies to the game, including athletics, arts and crafts, sewing and car restoration. Free Time comes out in February, just in time to keep me from getting some sun as the weather starts to warm up.  One of the screenshots shows ballet classes. I can't wait to create my own Billy Elliot.
- Gratuitous nudity for everyone in the audience!
In case Warren Ellis's gay fans need more reason to appreciate his work after creating (and sensitively writing) Apollo and Midnighter, here's a little more. As writer on an animated Castlevania film, he promises some nudity for the franchise's bishounen hero, Alucard. Ellis explains, "Girls and gay men need fan service too." While the animated nudity doesn't really mean much to me (though all the fan art one finds via Google says a whole lot of Castlevania fans would disagree), I do appreciate the sentiment about equal-opportunity fanservice.
- "I think he's awesomely gay":
And while on the topic of comic creators, this is one of the many reasons I adore Gail Simone (who I've been mentioning a lot lately, as she just keeps being newsworthy). Recently, she's been making the case for why Spider-Man "represents repressed homosexuality". Hilarity ensues.
- Eternity's approximate release date:
Eternity's Child, a platform game with nifty backgrounds and a gay character, finally has a release date. Sorta. The game comes out via WiiWare sometime in Q2 2008. I do love the art style in the screenshots we've seen so far:
Submitted by on Fri, 2007-12-21 15:01.
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