During my second year of study, as part of my second semester we were tasked with researching and critically analysing a topic of contention within the modern video games industry. I chose the 'Equality, Diversity & Inclusion' topic. I chose this topic because it's divisive and invites discussion whilst also being a topic I care about. I find that discussions around EDI in the games industry and wider entertainment frequently become echo chambers where insults and allegations are hurled with no progressive debate occurring. For these reasons I decided to critically analyse a facet of EDI in the industry and in games themselves.

 

I chose to research and analyse EDI in regards to bisexuality not only due to personal reasons, but also because of bisexualities impact on game systems, specifically on dialogue heavy games with romance systems.