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Ripley has high hopes that new technology and direct access to publishing will continue to make it easier for all kinds of people to make games. "More marginalized creators, who may not have been able to create these projects otherwise, can publish their work, which means a greater diversity of love interests and love stories seen in games." She also believes that these indies can influence and inspire triple-A developers—the likes of BioWare and beyond.I've organized a panel on this topic called Foreplay: Romance in Games for several years now at PAX East and PAX Prime, and we're pretty much always standing room only. The fanbase is there and growing right alongside the numbers of games that keep expanding the romantic options. Ripley agrees. She thinks that we'll soon have "more romance with LGBT+ characters, disabled characters, polyamorous characters—just more in general." I checked. More is almost always better, and in this case, it totally is.Follow Miellyn on Twitter.On Motherboard: Sony Used a Weird Dating Sim to Demo Its VR Headset