Yeah, sounds dirty no matter how I type it :D
After today's Jimquisition, I got to thinking on my relationship with video game protagonists.
I very rarely self insert (still dirty) myself in the position of the protagonist.
When I'm playing The Walking Dead, I'm not Lee Everett, I'm making decisions I think he'd make.
When I'm playing Fallout New Vegas, it isn't me who's wandering the Mojave, it's Lilith Valentine, revolver wielding bounty hunter of fortune.
Hell, even in Half Life 2, I don't really play the game as if it's me fighting the Combine, it's Gordon Freeman, mute scientist.
Am I in a minority then, when it comes to gaming, that I see protagonists as their own person, not simply an avatar for me to project onto?
I get the impression that most gamers do project themselves into games as the protagonist, seeing as how only around 18% of Mass Effect 3 players used Femshep :D