As gamers my friend Michael Shalaby and I sat down to discuss diversity, inclusion, and representation in video games. We talked about the misconceptions about gamers as well the stereotypes surrounding them, and we explored the inclusion of LGBTQ+ characters, strong female characters, the large number of women gamers, the large community of queer gamers, such as ourselves, and how the industry and fans have responded to this, from the positive to the overwhelmingly negative from some sectors