Episodes
Ep. 76 - Queer Game News Catchup: The Good, the Bad, and the Weird
This week we’re catching up on some headlines from during the podcast’s hiatus. When I was doing show notes this week, I noticed that every headline seemed to come with some “good” news and some “bad” news, so we made a kind of game(ish) of it! Amy-Lynn, Lloyd, and I pick from the good and bad news,...
Ep. 75 - The Last of Us Season 3: When Cis Actors Play Trans Characters
Amy-Lynn and Lloyd join me this week to discuss what we’ve been playing, which is quite sim heavy! Games include Pokémon Pokopia, Leafy Corner, and Retro Rewind. For the news, we’re discussing an older headline: The Last of Us Season 3 finds its actor for Lev and… well, let’s just say they didn’t ca...
Ep. 74 - WE’RE BACK!!
We’re back, True Avatars! Ekamy and Lloyd join me for this mildly revamped version of the podcast, which has a greater focus on games discussion and less focus on news. What’s in store for the future? Just how scaled back is news? Where are the special segments? The changes aren’t as drastic as they...
Ep. 73 - Pokémon turns 30, which means we’re old!
Sorry for the late episode this week, True Avatars! I am traveling again but there is a lot of queer game stuff happening these days, thankfully. This week’s headlines include Stardew Valley’s 10th anniversary (with new marriage candidates), Overwatch has a new (mobile) spin-off, Until Then has DLC ...
Ep 72.5 - BONUS - These games want you to examine your mental health!
Steam Next Fest is back and Ekamy, Cleo, and I checked out 6 (or more…?) very exciting queer game demos! 00:00:00 - Intro and What We’ve Been Eating 00:04:36 - Fishbowl 00:12:40 - Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery 00:18:27 - Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts 00:24:04 - I'm Making a Monster ...
Ep. 72 - Is it time to cut the Discord?
It’s an episode jam-packed full of controversy, drama, and discourse! Where to begin? Well, there’s lots of good news! Pokémon’s 30th anniversary is already in full swing, Sonic 4 has found its Amy voice, and This Bed We Made is getting a sequel. But there were more layoffs, AI is gaining ground in ...
Ep. 71 - The number of gaymes they just announced is… UNBEATABLE
I took a week off from recording and during that time, there were so many queer game announcements that it’s gonna take me an hour to get through them all! We’ve got Final Fantasy, Diablo, Overwatch, Horizon, Hollow Knight, Oblivion, Fallout, and… Thomas the Tank Engine…?! In the second half, Cleo j...
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, pl...
Ep. 69 - Fable is Strange in 1348
Hosting solo again and covering a big week of queer game reveals: Life is Strange: Reunion, 1348 Ex Voto, and possibly even Fable. There was a bunch of Mario news (including trans reps in the new movie), Warframe is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 very soon, the PS6 might be delayed, Ubisoft is laying o...