Opinion

Ty Galiz-Rowe looks at how Red Strings Club is a far better Cyberpunk game due to its understanding of the modern dystopia we’re already living in.

Do you remember Cardcaptor Sakura? I barely do, so I had to put in a…

All of the Dragon Age 2 companions have a special place in our hearts, but it’s hard to deny that the ladies really are the absolute best.

This series has got dragons, necromancy, and horny people – but no, Dragon Age 2 having bisexual companions is the deal breaker.

Jervon Perkins recounts his touching, personal story about chosen family and how Tell Me Why is excellent at expressing the importance of it.

The Trickster is the newest killer in Dead by Daylight and he is completely terrifying. Why? Because attraction is deadly.

Representation of marginalised communities, particularly the LGBT+ community, has always been an ideal that we’ve…

Some queer Animal Crossing players are adding gay bathhouses in their homes.

A supposed Mass Effect 3 movie starring Henry Cavill is possibly the least exciting route for BioWare’s sci-fi series.

The Pokemon Contest Spectacular in Omega Ruby is one of the queerest moments in the franchise – let Latonya Pennington tell you why.

Trevor Richardson explores Nier Automata and the queer resonance felt with tripping up in the tangles of the game’s bushes.

A series of Tales games remasters would introduce one of the most well-loved series in Japan to a Western audience. So where are they Bandai Namco?

Michael Weber looks at Cyberpunk 2077 and how it pulls its punches, choosing instead to coddle toxic masculinity and even rewarding it.

Aimee looks at the bromance toggle and how straight gamers asking for it shows a failure in the portrayal of queer sexuality in games.

Magic has always had a bit of tempestuous relationship with queerness – but could the introduction of Niko Aris change that?

Gameophilia is defined as the sexual attraction to video game characters. While I don’t fantasize…

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.