Escape From Pleasure Planet

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“Escape From Pleasure Planet” Brings Gay to Sci Fi Video Games

August 1, 2016 by scott

The creator of the incredibly named My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant is currently funding a follow-up: Escape From Pleasure Planet. Escape from Pleasure Planet follows the story of Captain Tycho Minogue as he battles the devilish (and dangerously handsome) criminal Brutus, who he must track down. For Luke Miller, the creator of these gay-themed science-fiction adventure games, there was an easy connection to be made between the nature of both narratives. “I was looking for gay and science fiction themes that were complementary to each other,” Miller says. “In the gay community there’s often hedonism combined with repression. The kid … Read more

Escape from Pleasure Planet: The Gay Game Evolves

January 12, 2016 by scott

What exactly is a gay game? When I first spoke with Up Multimedia’s Luke Miller back in 2013, My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant was already out – and proud – on PC. Miller touted the title as “Gayest Game Ever Made”, eventually taking it to Steam via its Greenlight service. Despite his game’s success, Miller’s answer to that relatively simple question wasn’t that clear-cut back in the day. “I tried to make a game where everything was openly gay, from the characters to the vegetables to the aliens. And not just gay but un-apologetically gay,” Miller said. Despite his creation … Read more