Next Mass Effect developer says games need to move beyond race, gender stereotypes

Gameplay designer on the next Mass Effect at BioWare Manveer Heir spoke passionately at GDC this week about why games should move beyond presenting certain groups as stereotypes. "Why should we reject stereotypes? Not only is it lazy, but it's fairly boring," Heir said, as quoted by GamesIndustry International. "We play so many games that use the same stereotypes. I get fed up with the same old story and characters in every game. I know there are others like me, I talk to them all the time. For ...