There has always been a stigma with one’s sexual orientation within gaming culture, from game development, within games communities, and down to the journalism connected to games. We went over the problems with games and their representation of anyone who isn’t straight. When we went over the queer archive, I looked into the Danganronpa series. Just so no one is confused about the Danganronpa series, to sum up the plot, it’s about sixteen high school kids getting stuck in a school and being put through a death game, where the only way to escape is to commit murder and get away with it. Each student has an “ultimate ” talent and its unique for everyone, from the ultimate detective to the ultimate lucky student (yes in this universe luck is a talent). I was really caught off guard by the subtle and explicit tones of queerness from looking back on my playthroughs of the games. There was one relationship that I noticed after looking in the queer archive, that were obvious by the the context clues now ,but I didn’t think of it at the time. So there was the ultimate biker gang leader, Mondo Owada, and the ultimate moral compass, Kiyotaka Ishimaru (nickname: Taka). Within the story there was this “bro” relationship forming between the two, and most people (me included) just thought they were just got really close, but after looking through the queer archive, it changed how I viewed all their interactions and my view of their relationship. A specific event that feels different now, after reading the queer archive is after Mondo was executed for committing a murder and getting caught in the class trial (place where the students debate how the murder went down and who is the blackened student), Taka was emotionally unstable at that point, since they were so close, and to the very end Taka didn’t want to believe Mondo would commit a murder. Now knowing how they could have been closer than just friends it just further explains Taka’s actions after Mondos’ death. Another instance where the character’s preference were disclosed in a very sneaky manner was in regards to Hifumi Yamada, the ultimate fanfic creator.  When he was on the brink of death the main character came up to him and some of his last words were talking about his joy for yaoi (A genre of manga/anime where the main focus is gay relationships). Other than this one moment, none of his other lines would imply that he is gay. I don’t know that much about overwatch, but I feel as though Blizzard just randomly announcing if a character is gay, lesbian, etc is more of a public relations move then their care for representation in overwatch. So there can be games that represent a certain group of people right or wrong, but you also have to consider the intention of the shining light of these characteristics. All in all games are moving in the right direction , it’s just going to take a bit. Social changes, especially in the gaming industry, need time to take its course.