Opinion

Stacey Henley explores how Assassin’s Creed protagonist Eivor being a lesbian would have made Valhalla a stronger game.

Cyberpunk 2077 has queer players, and even queer fans, playing it. Yet it fails to understand how to appeal to those fans in any other way but romance.

BioWare has done a lot for queer fans. But they also owe fans an apology for the handling of queerness in the Mass Effect trilogy, and how it led to blatant homophobia in its perception of Shepard.

Oma Keeling looks at Tuxedo Lab’s Teardown, a fully destructible world where queer expression can be just a spray-can away.

While Cyberpunk 2077 has left me with no digital eye candy, I was happy to…

If you have yet to play Heather Flowers’ Meatpunks Forever, here’s why you should probably consider doing just that.

Matteo Lupetti muses on Cyberpunk 2077’s character creator and how it only led to more confusion than understanding on being non-binary.

V.S Wells looks at Blaseball – a splort game that allows queer narrative control to create something wonderful.

Baldur’s Gate 3 may have a bug or two that’ll grind your gears, but there’s one bug that we hope Larian Studios decides to keep after early access.

Stacey Henley looks at Bugsnax and the way it blends being queer and wholesomeness together to form a queer paradise.

For Dragon Age Day, Aimee Hart explains why Isabela is such an important character to her and the world of Dragon Age in general.

Aimee Hart talks about why her Animal Crossing neighbours are the salve she’s needed during the tumultuous year that’s 2020.

One of the most disappointing things about Crusader Kings 3 is the lack of gay marriage and adoption.

Among Us may not be as popular as it once was, but it’s still managed to have an active, gay community that loves to play in its world.

Aimee Hart looks at how, despite the gradual progress of positive LGBT+ representation in video games, fat queer characters are still left out in the cold.

Horror games have always been significant to Brandon Trush, who explains how these horror heroines helped him explore his sexuality.

Despite great romantic tension, 13 Sentinels is scared to go all the way with its queer couple.

Stacey Henley talks about the inclusion of non-binary skater, Leo Baker, in a Tony Hawk game and why it’s important.

Hades is yet another masterpiece from Supergiant Games that manages to evolve a genre into something special.