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playersexuality

playersexuality noun: the state of an NPC being attracted to the player character, especially without regard to gender, race, etc.

Noun

playersexuality (uncountable)

  1. The state of an NPC being attracted to the player character, especially without regard to gender, race, etc.
    • Multiple posters from the collected content acknowledged that many of the explicitly queer opportunities in the games are actually cases of “playersexuality” (Cole, 2016).2019, Sam Stockton, "Dating Ga(y)mes: Queer Performance in Farming Simulation Roleplay Games", thesis submitted to the University of Calgary, page 47
    • It can be argued that explicit representations of bisexuality, pansexuality, and other multiple-gender-attracted people are erased from games that use 'playersexuality' as a mechanic.2020, Alayna Cole, Dakoda Barker, Games as Texts: A Practical Application of Textual Analysis to Games, unnumbered page

Origin of playersexuality

From player + sexuality.

Questions about playersexuality

What does playersexuality mean?
Playersexuality means the state of an NPC being attracted to the player character, especially without regard to gender, race, etc.
What part of speech is playersexuality?
Playersexuality is a noun.

Words near playersexuality in the dictionary

  1. playerhood
  2. playerish
  3. playerless
  4. players
  5. playersexual
  6. playersexuality
  7. playership
  8. playest
  9. playeth
  10. playette
  11. playettes

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