In the often-niche genre of dating sim games, DDADDS has achieved a level of mainstream success that’s truly outstanding. The rest of the time is spent running miscellaneous errands and mini-games.
Similarly the idea of “gay games” versus “straight games” is overly simplistic - games are for everyone, and the games you play are not necessarily a reflection of your personal life.ĭream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator (DDADDS) actually does *not* contain much queer content by volume. Shifting gears a bit: up to this point, this article has used an extended analogy of “gaming preference as sexual preference” to illustrate the shortcomings of broadly compartmentalising human sexuality into a gay/straight binary. Believe forever in the boundless potential of your perfect, pure heart. Cruise blissfully down the winding path of your own special journey. You can witness all the treasures this wild universe has to offer. You are a god, goddess, or gender-nonconforming deity of your own wondrous inner world. The world is your oyster, you beautiful sweet baby dreamchild. For reference, here’s a handy chart depicting all the things you can and cannot do while gay or while straight.
You may be feeling overwhelmed by this influx of knowledge. And if you do choose to play straight games again, you can even play more gay games after that! This might all sound too good to be true, but recent surveys found as many as 70% of young “players” who enjoy gay “games” also enjoy straight “games”. Yes, you can still play straight games even if you went all the way with a gay game. Well here’s some excellent news for you: you can still play straight games even if you’ve played a gay game. What will your first-person shooters and bloody beat-em-ups think of you now, now that you’re gay as a firework made of glitter in the shape of a unicorn? Maybe you were so wrapped up in the thrill of doing gay sexy times in a video game, you hadn’t fully thought through the consequences.
Later when the initial thrill of your radiant, newfound gaiety subsides, you might feel a pang of sadness for all the straight games you haven’t finished or never played. Once you fire up that secret gay recruiting material and unlock those shiny gay achievements, they’re a part of you and your public profile forever, flamboyantly showcasing how proudly you explored the steamy passion of two thick, rippling lovermans and their hot, throbbing embrace. It’s a beautiful and majestic process, like thousands of fabulous, impressionable butterflies emerging from a chrysalis of transgressive media. Does this mean you’re permanently gay for life now? From playing with daddies in a video game simulation?Įvery day, thousands of people are turned gay by the magic of video games.
You got those hot dads to rub up on each other, and you for sure enjoyed every minute of it. Now that you’ve played it - congratulations on doing some wonderfully gay stuff.