Starfield voice actor shuts down homophobe by confirming their character is bixsexual

Certainly one of Starfield’s voice actors confirmed their character within the recreation is bisexual after a homophobe claimed with the ability to flirt with their married character made no sense.

Elias Toufexis, a voice actor who performed Sam Coe in Bethesda’s latest manufacturing, tweeted on Sept. 4 he performed the area cowboy as bisexual. It was a response to one in every of participant’s feedback about how “gross” it’s that male characters might flirt with Sam within the recreation, given his assumption the companion is a straight man.

Fortunately, the mentioned participant was rapidly debunked by Toufexis, who supplied some context on Twitter that he performed Sam as bisexual. In a further tweet, he defined he’s been engaged on Starfield for 5 years, and had “conversations about every character’s desires, wants and, sure, even their sexuality. I performed Sam primarily based on these discussions.”

“I selected to play Sam as if the selection of his sexuality was made way back versus him attempting it out for the primary time with the participant. Which knowledgeable how I performed him in moments,” the voice actor mentioned. When going into particulars, he defined it’s about saying sure traces in numerous methods, if a person was to flirt with Sam, for instance.

Tons of avid gamers have admired Toufexis response and praised him for defending bisexual characters and illustration in gaming. Moreover, additionally they identified how they love touring with Sam within the recreation itself, and thanked Toufexis for his sensible efficiency.

Happily, Bethesda isn’t the one studio taking such a route when creating characters. Many builders have been introducing bisexual characters of their video games, displaying illustration and opening many extra alternatives for its gamers throughout their playthrough. You don’t need to look far far for examples. Baldur’s Gate 3 also gives the option to romance multiple companions regardless of gender.

In Starfield itself, the romance recreation can be sturdy. You’ll be able to woo a number of completely different characters, however, you might wish to rethink pursuing love with every single one of them.

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Mateusz Miter

Polish Workers Author. Mateusz beforehand labored for quite a few retailers and gaming-adjacent firms, together with ESL. League of Legends or CS:GO? He loves them each. In truth, he wonders which recreation he loves extra every single day. He needed to go professional years in the past, however someplace alongside the best way determined journalism was the extra wise choice—and he was proper.

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