Gunnar Húni Björnsson

Queering Character Creation: Player Perspectives on Choosing Characters' Gender and Sexual Orientation in Role-Playing Games

Role-playing games allow players to explore a digital world through a character's eyes. For minority groups, such as queer players, representation is not a given when playing popular role-playing games. We surveyed a diverse sample of 464 queer and non-queer players and followed up with 31 in-depth interviews. We aske…