Giant Bomb Presents: The State of Diversity in Games

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Apr 10, 2014

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BioWare gameplay designer Manveer Heir's talk at GDC this year was "Misogyny, Racism and Homophobia: Where Do Video Games Stand?" We spent a few minutes chatting about why he gave this topic a closer look.

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Apr 10, 2014

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