Ep. 70 - Tomodachi Life has become “Homodachi Life”

Nintendo fulfilled its promise to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life, but they didn’t stop there! Just how queer is the new Nintendo wacky life-sim? We’ve got all the big gay details!

Lloyd joins me for this episode in which we also discuss the first steps into our Celeste journeys, plus the news, and finally a discussion about generative AI in video games.

Headlines include game developers reportedly *maybe* skipping the Game Developer Conference, a bold industry response to the Ubisoft layoffs/restructuring, and Scott Pilgrim EX has a release date.

Please note that our connection was a bit weaker than usual so there is a bit of a delay between some of mine and Lloyd’s discussion. Sorry about that, True Avatars!

00:00:00 - Intro

00:04:06 - What We’ve Been Playing

00:38:18 - News (incl. Tomodachi Life)

01:15:49 - Generative AI in Video Games

This episode was recorded on January 30 2026.

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Sources:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_0kl1WiSPg

https://en-americas-support.nintendo.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/71317/

https://gamerant.com/gdc-2026-ice-concerns-us-safety-fears-dev-comments/

https://www.gamesindustry.biz/gdc-organiser-says-it-hasnt-seen-cancellations-from-overseas-visitors-attendance-tracking-in-line-with-expectations

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/ubisoft-proposes-to-cut-18-of-workforce-at-france-headquarters-as-part-of-major-reset-plan/

https://insider-gaming.com/ubisoft-employee-suspension/

https://www.gamedeveloper.com/business/-it-s-time-for-real-accountability-ubisoft-unions-call-international-strike?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky

https://bsky.app/profile/wario64.bsky.social/post/3mdgfmwvhtf2y

https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2026/01/scott-pilgrim-ex-brings-more-beat-em-up-action-to-switch-in-march

https://www.polygon.com/gaming/604420/scott-pilgrim-ex-new-game-release/

https://www.linkedin.com/posts/simoncarless_interestingly-pc-video-game-platform-steam-activity-7417944215675908096-OGNg/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/valve-has-significantly-rewritten-steams-rules-for-how-developers-much-disclose-ai-use/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/google-rolls-out-prototype-of-project-genie-an-ai-tool-which-generates-playable-worlds/

https://www.eesi.org/articles/view/data-centers-and-water-consumption

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/artificial-intelligence-types

https://www.ibm.com/think/topics/computer-vision