True Avatars - A Queer Video Game Podcast

This week I welcome Maddi Patton, a bisexual woman/writer and Alexander Martin (aka droquen), an ally/game director. Maddi and Alex are two thirds of Undiscovered Country, a brand new indie game studio from Toronto, Canada. Maddi and Alex share their hopes, dreams, and plans for their upcoming visual novel, “Killing of the Quiet”. We talk about how they got their start, how they decided on their f...

This week I interview June in Black, a transgender woman who works in the video games industry. June shares her unique lived experience as someone who transitioned while working in video games. She has worked at some well-known studios in the past cutting trailers, promotional videos, and behind the scenes content for some of your favourite games! While June has most recently worked on Star Wars O...

Amy-Lynn and Ekamy are back this week for some Amy Squared double trouble! We discuss the news (including GOG's preservation program, DLC at The Game Awards, and the importance of unions in the video games industry), and in the second half we do a deep dive on how to take advantage of discounted video games during the upcoming holiday shopping season. 00:00:00 - Intro and What We’ve Been Playing 0...

This week I welcome Ekamy, a bisexual Twitch streamer. We cover what we’ve been playing, some concrete Switch 2 news, more Dragon Age: The Veilguard queer goodness, and the lack of first party single player PS5 games. In the second half, Amy discusses the exploration of her bisexuality (and potential pansexuality) through many video game romances. We also talk about games that let you date multipl...

This week is a double length episode to make up for missing the previous week. I start the podcast off solo, discussing the latest news and rumours (including my big Nintendo Switch 2 theory), and then going on a rant about Life is Strange: Double Exposure (and yes, this game has a lot of queer representation… but it’s not enough to make me like it). Next, I’m joined by my partner Nicole to discus...

Devona (Helldevo) and Amy-Lynn (returning from the first episode) join me this week as we discuss the latest gaming news — including Bandai Namco’s “layoffs” and Sony’s new PlayStation concert tour. For this week’s segment, we jump into a discussion on pronouns and customizable avatars in video games, with a particular focus on non-binary representation. 00:00 - Introduction and What We’ve Been Pl...

This week I take a little detour to rant about Alarmo, Nintendo’s over-priced and underwhelming new hardware. I also welcome my friend Enid to discuss her interest in retro video games, including increasing prices and how we define a video game as “retro.” 00:00 - Introduction, Astro Bot, Silent Hill 2 remake 05:25 - News 20:42 - Retro game chat with Enid This episode was partially recorded on Oct...

This week it’s just me, Zoey, your host, as I cover the news, geek out about how great Astro Bot and the Dualsense are, and talk about why Pokémon is my favourite video game series. Plus, I speculate about my hopes and dreams for Legends Z-A, next year’s followup to Legends Arceus. ***Spoiler warning for the last scenes in The Legend of Korra*** 00:00 - Introduction, Astro Bot and Dualsense fangir...

This week I host my friend Graeme, a gay man, as we discuss the new Zelda game, Echoes of Wisdom, the State of Play and other news, and some notable gay relationships in video games. Some are confirmed, others are unconfirmed, and some are straight of headcanon (Cloud and Sephiroth anyone?). ***Spoiler warning for Unpacking and Final Fantasy VII Rebirth*** 00:00 - Introductions, Plucky Squire Disc...

Welcome to the inaugural episode True Avatars - A Queer Video Game Podcast! This week I welcome Amy-Lynn, a trans feminine gamer, as well as a close friend of mine. We discuss the news of the past week, including Dragon Age: The Veilguard’s trans-friendly character creator, Switch 2 rumours, and the Nintendo-Palworld lawsuit. In the second half, we talk about our favourite queer video games, inclu...