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VIDEO GAMES: Forthcoming Lesbian Fantasy Game By a QSF Member – And There’s mermaids!

February 17, 2021 by scott

Chloe Spencer, one of Qweerty’s microgrant recipients and a QSF member, recently unveiled her itch.io page for her upcoming game, FEVER— and also, started posting about the different love interests! Victoria Blanchett was the first romantic interest unveiled today. Victoria is a character currently betrothed to another man, but because she’s so overprotective of her twin sister Melanie, decides to accompany the player on her journey. On the surface, she seems prim and proper, but the developer teases that there may be another side to her. FEVER is a fantasy survival horror RPG/dating simulator focused on a group of pirates who are … Read more

Mass Effect Video Game Removed Multiple Queer Storylines Because Fox News

February 8, 2021February 7, 2021 by scott

The action role playing video game Mass Effect 2 was one of the most critically acclaimed games in the era it came out. Over a decade later, though, we’re learning that the game’s storyline could have included LGBTQ characters having same-sex romantic relationships. Two designers that worked on the game revealed that there would have been at least two playable roles in the storyline that would have allowed for same-sex relationships. The storylines were ultimately nixed, though, mainly because no one wanted to deal with the ensuing backlash that would have come from FOX News. Mass Effect 2 was the second installment of … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: ‘Destiny 2’ Guardians Saint and Osiris are Gay and in Love

December 1, 2020 by scott

Robert Brookes, the narrative designer behind Bungie’s popular video game Destiny 2, has put to rest discussion on gaming forums about the relationship between two of the game’s Guardians, Saint-14 and Osiris. Writes Paul Tassi for Forbes: “The clues started being dropped less subtly this season when Osiris was finding notes Saint had hidden in his ship, and Saint started referring to him as ‘my fiery phoenix.’ Then I was pointed to dialogue in the season where the Drifter made remarks about the pair of them being together, and then it hit me that yeah, maybe if you break time … Read more

Spider-Man: Miles Morales Video Game Pays Tribute to World AIDS Day

November 26, 2020 by scott

As Marvel’s Spider-Man: Miles Morales hits the stores, eagle-eyed players have noticed a subtle yet touching tribute to World AIDS day hidden in the game. The new game for Playstation 4 and 5 follows web-slinging teen hero Miles Morales, who’s the very first Black character to don the Spidey costume. The latest adventure in the Spider-Man universe is packed full of clever details that bring Marvel’s New York City to life – including one very important flash of red on a jacket lapel. Full Story from Pink News

VIDEO GAMES: Call of Duty Offers Non-Binary Option

November 16, 2020 by scott

Are you non-binary? Have you always dreamt that, one day, you could serve Ronald Reagan and join the American military-industrial complex and carry out war crimes? If that sounds pretty neat to you, then now’s your chance. In Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War, players now have the option to – in a first for the series’ single-player mode – choose their gender, which includes a non-binary option. It comes after early reveals of the video game in August by publisher giant Activision revealed that users eager to play as imperialist war-hungry killers could list their custom character’s gender … Read more

Kickstarter: Alpha Hole Prison Videogame

October 20, 2020 by scott

Y Press Games, the company that always delivers crowdfunding rewards on time, has a gay space prison dating sim raising funds on Kickstarter. The adults only visual novel Alpha Hole Prison stars a lost Earth astronaut sentenced to life in a notorious men’s prison. Miguel’s only hope for survival is to find a strong boyfriend to protect him. Several good aliens are available for him to choose from. If he doesn’t pick someone, he’ll become the prey of the vicious cannibal Viz-Goth. There are five inmate love interests and one guard. Major side characters also offer Miguel the chance for intimacy. In the end, will Miguel accept his … Read more

Tomb Raider Comic Writer Tried to Make Lara Croft Explicitly Queer

July 21, 2020 by scott

The creator of a Tomb Raider comic tried “so hard” to make Lara Croft explicitly queer – but a planned kiss somehow became just a hug instead. Tomb Raider: Inferno co-writer Jackson Lanzing revealed the abandoned plot point on Twitter, but declined to explain why Lara Croft’s queerness ended up on the scrap heap. Queer fans of the video games have pined for a romance between Lara and her best friend Sam for years, while many believe their relationship is a classic example of queercoding. But the romance has never become canon – even though comic book writers tried to … Read more

Nintendo Game “Animal Crossing: New Horizons” Contains Queer References

March 23, 2020 by scott

Animal Crossing: New Horizons has finally been released on Nintendo Switch, and eagle-eyed fans have already spotted a small queer reference in the game. In a clip from the game posted to Twitter, a character called Merry gushes about her love of comics and romantic comedies and references a princess whose “true love” is another princess. “Romantic comedies! Ohmigosh, I didn’t know anybody else read those comics but me!” Merry says. “My favourite’s about the shred-tastic Princess of Rocketboarding and her true love, the Princess of Explosions! They search the world for each other, but HILARIOUS stuff always keeps them … Read more

Borderlands 3 character Will Be Non-Binary

August 14, 2019 by scott

As fans gear up for the highly-anticipated shooter game, it has emerged that one of its vault hunters does not fit into the gender binary. Ahead of its September 13 release date, eagle-eyed fans have picked up on gender-neutral pronouns and allusions to an LGBT+ identity in the sequel’s description description. “An emergent AI driven in an ongoing quest for self-discovery, FL4K wanders from world to world accompanied by beasts. While they feel a connection with the primal wisdom of animals, the social constructs of humans are strange to them,” reads one such passage. Ahead of its September 13 release … Read more

VIDEOGAMES: Steamy New Game “To Trust an Incubus”

December 3, 2018 by scott

When Kenta Tanimoto began his temp job at Japan’s Inner-Dimensional Institute, he never expected that he’d become its test subject. The institute recently obtained four hunky incubi (male sexual demons) from another dimension, but these evil creatures can only speak by “bonding” with someone else…. and Kenta is that someone. This is the plot of To Trust an Incubus, a recently released gay sci-fi yaoi/bara dating sim that’s basically a Choose Your Own Adventure video game. For three months, Kenta will live in quarantine to try and bond with one or more incubi. But while each one is muscular with … Read more