Brody's Scribbles... Black Friday Musings

By Brody Levesque (Washington DC) Nov 27 | What to post? What to write about? Is it worth blogging? Daily, I struggle with those three questions as I sit down to contribute to my little corner of the blogosphere. Today on the other hand was a fairly simple choice. Given that there are thousands out shopping and cavorting merrily in retail establishments all over the greater D.C. area, and I am most definitely not one of them. I had plenty of time since I am not working today to browse around looking for something that was off beat, yet interesting for my readers. 

I also wanted to stay away from the one subject that has official Washington all atwitter, literally, that Virginia society couple that crashed the President's State Dinner the other night. It never ceases to amaze me what this town considers "hard" news at the top of the news food chain. In any event, pressing on...

I found the following at my favorite British LGBT news site and am seriously thinking about ordering one. Of course, my youngest son will only too gladly point out that Pops has no clue about this subject... yeah, well, I remember saying things similar about my Da. 

Video: Game features secret gay sex scene

By Staff Writer, PinkNews.co.uk (London, UK) Nov 26 | A scene in new video game Dragon Age: Orgins features a secret gay sex scene between a man an a elf.

The new game, which has received high ratings, allows players to access the scenes by using the correct combination of chat-up lines on warrior elf Zevran.

Footage then turns to a romantic fireside embrace.

Although developer BioWare has been criticised by many fans, GayGamer.net welcomed the scene, describing it as "deliberate and respectful".

The website said: "With this bare-chested and unflinching portrayal, it feels as if the depiction of gay sex in video games has reached a new level of equal treatment.

"This is more than just a mincing gay pirate or an evasive fade-to-black: there's choreography, tenderness, humour and even an element of sexual politics to Zevran's post-coital conversation.

"Kudos to BioWare for adding a bit of a gay storyline to their game and for dealing with gay romance as even-handedly as they do the heterosexual options."