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507: A History of LGBTQ Representation in Video Games

Retronauts

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.52.3K Ratings

🗓️ 16 January 2023

⏱️ 80 minutes

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Summary

For the LBGTQ+ community, video games have always been a way to break barriers, find community, and make friends. Nadia buddies up with her friends Len and Larch to talk about how games have influenced and shaped the LBGTQ+ community over the decades.

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0:00.0

This week on Rternauts.

0:01.4

Hmm.

0:02.1

Beefy shirtless guys shooting each other with big guns and the tropics.

0:06.0

And that sounds pretty gay.

0:07.4

Welcome to Rternauts.

0:31.1

I am this week's host, Nadia Oxford.

0:32.9

I also double as the co-host to the Axel blood guard RPG.

0:36.3

Hello everybody.

0:37.3

I'm joined by two very good friends of mine to tackle a very good albeit very complicated

0:43.0

and sticky in many ways.

0:45.7

The topic and that is LBGTQ, queer rep in video games, past, present, future.

0:53.0

It's a very rough bumpy topic full of people failing hard and also trying their best.

0:58.6

So we're going to look at this and we're going to look and say what's good?

1:03.0

What's bad?

1:04.0

Cringe as the wise and children of this era are want to say.

1:08.1

We'll do our very best to talk about it as respectfully and as well informed as possible.

1:12.6

We beg your pardon for any slip ups.

1:14.3

Feel free to hit me with things on Twitter at Nadia Oxford.

1:18.0

I will take this lanes and arrows and I will try to do better if there is a problem.

1:21.6

But first, I want to introduce my guests.

1:23.6

I brought with me Len who has featured on Axel blood guard many times.

1:27.6

So say hi Len.

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