playersexual

English

Etymology

From player +‎ -sexual.

Pronunciation

• enPR: plā′ər-sĕk′sho͞o-əl
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˌpleɪ.əˈsɛk.ʃuː.əl/
  • (General American) IPA^(key): /ˌpleɪ.ɚˈsɛk.ʃu.əl/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɛkʃuəl, -ɛkʃuːəl
• Hyphenation: play‧er‧sex‧ual

Adjective

playersexual (comparative more playersexual, superlative most playersexual)

1. (video games, of an NPC) Attracted to the player character, especially without regard to gender, race, etc.
   • 2016 December 29, Gita Jackson, “2016 Was A Great Year For 'Shipping Our Favourite Characters”, in Kotaku Australia:

     All of the marriageable characters in farming simulator Stardew Valley are "playersexual", meaning they will marry the player regardless of gender.

   • 2020, Alayna Cole, Dakoda Barker, Games as Texts: A Practical Application of Textual Analysis to Games, unnumbered page:

     The fact that 65 characters can be interested in a same-sex relationship within Skyrim but only with the player is indicative of the fact that these characters are not bisexual, pansexual, or some other form of plurisexual—they are playersexual.

   • 2020, Alexandra M. Lucas, “Innovative Origins, Playersexuality, & Complex Inquisition: The Evolution of Relationship Mechanics in Dragon Age”, in Lindsay D. Grace, editor, Love and Electronic Affection: A Design Primer‎^[1], page 183:

     DA2 provides a notable contrast with both Origins and Inquisition in that all non-DLC romanceable characters are “playersexual”; […]

   • For more quotations using this term, see Citations:playersexual.

Related terms

• playersexuality