Game of the Queer

Look we talk about Death Stranding for four friggin hours. No exaggeration. We talk about its gameplay, its themes, our thoughts on Hideo Kojima, and if we liked the game or not. (Which is honestly not an easy question to answer.)

We had a hard time titling this episode so here's everything we came up with:

- Skipping the Cutscenes is Praxis

- Thousands of Dead Mothers to Rebuild the Internet

- More Like Death STANDING [Around While People Talk At You]

- Only America Can Save the World From Ghosts

- I HATE YOU DIE-HARDMAN

- Die-Hardman DIDN'T DIE HARD ENOUGH

- How One Bisexual's Crimes Caused the Apocalypse

- Kojima Didn't Know Death Stranding Is About the Exploitation of Labor

- Like Mario and Princess Beach *jack off motion*

- Ziplining over the Story

- Peeing On Ghosts to Make Them Explode Simulator

- aMeRiCa NeEdS yOu

- Thank Me By Leaving Me Alone

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

After a hiatus for the Three M's (Minecraft, Morrowind, and Minigolf) Doom and Eli took an evening to dip into Kane and Lynch 2: Dog Days because it's a short game and Eli saw it on a stream. (Shoutouts to JamsVirtual https://www.twitch.tv/jamsvirtual ) What comes after is a discussion of what is honestly a pretty average game, and the kind of space a 6/10 or a 7/10 game should have in gaming.

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

A new year is upon us, which means it's time for the Game of the Queer year-end retrospective awards! Doom and Eli have picked out their favorite (and not-so-favorite) games in a myriad of categories! It's our longest episode yet, so settle in, put on a bowtie, and get ready for the GOTQ 2021 awards, aka "THE QUEERS"

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

This episode is a special treat because Eli and Doom discuss TWO indie games! The first is Uncanny Valley, a horror side-scroller that has a LOT of endings. It's also extremely janky. Then, they discuss 11:45 A Vivid Life, a narrative experiment game about a girl who steals an x-ray machine because she thinks her skeleton isn't hers. It's a weird and open-ended game, also with several endings!

SHOW NOTES:

Uncanny Valley on Steam - https://store.steampowered.com/app/359580/Uncanny_Valley/ (also on Xbox & PS4)

11:45 A Vivid Life on itch.io - https://deconstructeam.itch.io/1145-a-vivid-life

The original fake cartridge that was the inspiration for 11:45 -

http://famicase.com/18/softs/149.html

https://twitter.com/d_goryainov/status/993004512553021440

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

Doom and Eli make good on the promise of Indie games and this week they discuss Ikenfell, a western JRPG about a magic school. It's also an extremely queer game, leading to a lengthy discussion about their own queerness and queerness in videogames and media.

SHOW NOTES: At approximately 1 hour, 1 minute, Eli is discussing the plot and mentions Petronella repeatedly when they mean Pertisia. This happens again at around 1 hour, 22 minutes. It's then pointed out and corrected by Doom at 1 hour 25 minutes. Apologies, listener. Eli was just way in their own head and got the names jumbled.

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

We were gonna get to Kojima eventually, and in this episode Doom and Eli discuss the Sega CD version of Snatcher! It's our longest episode yet as Doom and Eli dive deep into a spoiler-filled discussion of detective work, cool cyberpunk aesthetics, and how Gillian Seed sucks and is actually a huge creep. Also there's some discussion of Metal Gear and how this game references it a LOT.

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

Look we here on Game Of The Queer have been dancing around the issue of Platformers for several episodes now, but a listener email spurred us on to finally discuss it. On this episode, Eli and Doom set the record straight on how they feel about platformers. Do they hate them? What happened? What really IS a platformer anyway?  Also on the show: the first ever corrections segment, AND a discussion of the worst videogame Eli and Doom have ever purchased!

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

The back catalog dive continues as Doom and Eli played through the N64 classic Perfect Dark! (Thru the xbox remaster that is). Hear them discuss their background with the game, including how Doom used to play it for hours re-enacting The Matrix which leads to a lengthy tangent discussion of the Matrix movies. Plus find out about Eli's adversarial relationship with platformers.

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

Doom and Eli dip into the back catalog for this one. The two of them played 1994's System Shock, a game that's full of jank, but interesting jank! They played the 2015 "Enhanced Edition" and holy shit it's a good thing they did. Plus, in the back half they get into the demo of the remake that is coming out this year: the remake they had no idea was coming out when they started playing.

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]

Everyone starts somewhere, and in this week's episode Eli and Doom discuss the systems they started on, the games they latched onto as kids, and what shaped them into the gamers they are today! Plus find out Doom's SECRET CONNECTION to the Eternal Darkness speedrun community, and the preorder she never picked up.

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Welcome to Game of the Queer, a podcast about videogames hosted by Eli [they/them] and Doom [she/her] as they deep dive into games they want to talk about for an unreasonable amount of time.

Follow the show at - https://twitter.com/gameofthequeer

And email us at - [email protected]