{"id":31140,"date":"2023-06-28T21:05:00","date_gmt":"2023-06-28T20:05:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-video-game-characters-that-made-us-gay\/"},"modified":"2023-06-28T21:05:00","modified_gmt":"2023-06-28T20:05:00","slug":"the-video-game-characters-that-made-us-gay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.xtremeservers.com\/blog\/the-video-game-characters-that-made-us-gay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Video Game Characters That Made Us Gay"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Many of us started playing video games during the crucially formative years of our lives\u2014the time when we learn a lot about ourselves, our interests, our personalities, and our gender and sexual identities. 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