Go back to the push buttons, folks. If you’re wondering where I am, I’ve been in the second tier of video games for a week covering Glastonbury. Thankfully, the decade and more of E3 insurance has prepared me well for the fragrant and technologically advanced blogging issues. Thanks to our beautiful sports reporter Keith Stuart for reporting on me as I put my head back on after the ceremony.
Pride events took place in London last week, and included millions of people who took to the streets to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the PlayStation, Microsoft and Square Enix, as well as other game publishers and developers. Thanks to the reputation completely guaranteed by the toxic reputation, people may not think video games are neutral especially gay-friendly – but they have some kind of always, to borrow the title of the Bonnie Ruberg academy book. I am one of the millions of people who have found gaming in the community: 21% of video game power in the UK is not recognized as straightforward, according to a survey by the UKIE industry association (Interactive Entertainment Association). UK).
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In honor of all the potential of the LGBTQ + working in the gaming industry, and because people don’t suddenly cease to exist when Pride ends on July 1st, I wanted to share a few of the most exciting stories in video games. While that doesn’t mean a complete list, here are some games that have moved me or made me feel like I’ve been seen over the years.
Until this title came out in 2014, most of the gay love I saw in the games was symbolic or optional. Sure, you might like someone of the same sex in Mass Effect or Dragon Age; You can marry Sims of the same sex; several characters in the game were secretly marked, or had symbolic links. But The Last Us: Left Behind was the first blockbuster game that showed me not only a real friendship between two young girls, but what happens when that friendship becomes more. I was shocked at the time to see a video game in this story. I wrote to IGN when it came out; It was one of the first times I dared to write about the complex themes of sports, and how important they are to those of us who have never met them.
Queers in love with the end of the world
I can easily write a few thousand words about the impact of transgender indie game designer Anna Anthropy on the playground in the early 2010s. I’ve never played anything like Dys4ia – a collection of lesser-known games about transition. The first time I played Queers in Love at the end of the world – a 10-second writing game about the power and purity of queer love, about what we would do and what we would say to each other if the world was about are. to finish – I was at a workplace where there was an arcade cabinet, and I had to take a minute from all my friends because it made me cry.
I hope this is not a spoiler, given that this game is almost ten years old, but I am convinced that Gone Home’s story of secret love between young girls will end in tragedy. I made it a condition of TV shows and movies in the 1990s and 00s, where gay actors usually ended up dead or sad. Then I rested and the happy feeling ended. Gone Home is influential for a number of reasons: it was part of a wave of indie games that asked questions about how games tell their story and answered those questions on their own. It’s the handwritten notes and the hand-me-downs that I remember most, though.
This shocking, age-old story actually took place in rural Ireland in the 90s. You will encounter reading and deleting pages of the hero’s diary. Kasio is transgender, and she is in the process of finding out for herself – like all her friends. They are at a stage in life that we all remember very well, rough or not. If Available… has a strong sense of place and time, and hand-painted art makes it feel real and alive.
Did you think that a game about the Greek gods would not be gay? Hades is one of the best roguelikes ever made, in my opinion – a game about trying to escape hell as Zagreus, son of Hades. After every failed attempt, he goes back to his father’s rooms in the basement, but what makes it easier to stay in Hades is her interesting and interesting interpretation of the Greek characters, most of whom are amazing. And Zagreus himself can love three characters of different sexes, all at once if he likes, like the bi-polyamorous sex god he is.
Wait: there is a lot I support, including another young love, The Us of Us: Before the Storm; Dream Dad, an amazing and healthy dating sim about setting cute dads; and NSFW all oeuvre of chaos, erotic game designer Robert Yang. And, of course, The Last Us: Part II, a multi-faceted historical game – lesbian representation is one of them.
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The fast-paced anime anime game of the recent Neon White has been magnified. I am a sucker for the game against racism, and this is one of them, described as a “game for freaks” by designer Ben Esposito. Ten white-faced offenders were temporarily cast out of hell to purify some demons from God, and now there is a contest to determine which one of them will remain in heaven. It is a kind of parkour shooting, but also ka card game? And a visual story? Watch the trailer and you will agree that it is very interesting. It has great energy and maturity, well.
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The Sega / Creative Assembly team has announced its new game: Shooter multiplayer called Hyena, in which teams compete to nicotine in the air. On the same subject : The most iconic child detectives in video games. Every time a straight line game with so many players is just announced, I suck my teeth: it’s kind of cramped, the scale of success is unforgivable and many of them despair without a trace.
The new expansion of Sims 4 will bring players and their Sims back to high school – perhaps not the most memorable place for Sims’ big fanbase fanbase, although it may be an opportunity to rewrite our experience lower in adulthood through the simulation of the primary goal of the game. .
It was a terrible week on social media games, as Island creator Rob Gilbert vowed to stop posting about the upcoming series because people continue to post abuse, and one of the developers behind the God of War: Ragnarrok is openly asking people to stop posting dick pictures. Great moan.
Insider Business interviewed a tough Nintendo fan who spends $ 40,000 (£ 33,000) on the company’s shares to ask the official shareholders meeting if there will be a new F-Zero game at any time. Now that is committed to the series. (Politically, he has not received a direct answer.)
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F1 22: Amazing running game with bad cuts – review See the article : A Young Actors student sang on Broadway with the benefit of Arts for Autism.
Simon Parkin on why Neon White is a happy run through the landscape of sky dreams
The Melbourne startup is raising $ 9m for a mental health game based on home plant care
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Question from Lawrence reader: Can you recommend a non-based JRPG? I enjoyed the Kingdom Hearts fight but I can do a little Disney! Read also : The Best New Video Games From 2022 To Date.
I don’t have a life that allows me to spend time playing Japanese games, but they were once one of my favorite genres – the last one I finished was Persona 5. So I introduced some other rich time friends to some up to date tips. They came with the cult of the existence of the classic Nier Automata; flat, Grandiose anime-influenced Bandai Namco Erotic Stories; or the ambition of last year, an action sci-fi stylish RPG Scarlet Nexus, starring a large number of well-dressed telekinetic fighters. Enjoy!
