True Avatars - A Queer Video Game Podcast
Queer voices in gaming deserve to be amplified, now more than ever. True Avatars focuses on many different facets of gaming through a 2SLGBTQIA+ lens, and features current news, industry interviews, and fun yet thought-provoking discussions. Produced and hosted by Zoey Wyeld (she/her), a transgender woman and queer gamer.
Episodes
Sorry for the late episode this week, True Avatars! I am traveling again but there is a lot of queer game stuff happening these days, thankfully.
This week’s headlines include Stardew Valley’s 10th anniversary (with new marriage candidates), Overwatch has a new (mobile) spin-off, Until Then has DLC (with trans rep), Wolverine has a release date, eSports are coming to the Gay Games, and a pretty big update about the Discord age veri...
Steam Next Fest is back and Ekamy, Cleo, and I checked out 6 (or more…?) very exciting queer game demos!
00:00:00 - Intro and What We’ve Been Eating
00:04:36 - Fishbowl
00:12:40 - Feline Forensics and the Meowseum Mystery
00:18:27 - Scriptorium: Master of Manuscripts
00:24:04 - I'm Making a Monster
00:35:02 - The Witch's Bakery
00:45:06 - 1348 Ex Voto
00:53:15 - The Wide Open Sky is Running out of Catfish
This episode was recor...
It’s an episode jam-packed full of controversy, drama, and discourse! Where to begin?
Well, there’s lots of good news! Pokémon’s 30th anniversary is already in full swing, Sonic 4 has found its Amy voice, and This Bed We Made is getting a sequel.
But there were more layoffs, AI is gaining ground in the games industry, and the RAM shortage impacts are felt even more. And what else could go wrong? Since you asked, Yakuza Kiwami 3 rem...
I took a week off from recording and during that time, there were so many queer game announcements that it’s gonna take me an hour to get through them all! We’ve got Final Fantasy, Diablo, Overwatch, Horizon, Hollow Knight, Oblivion, Fallout, and… Thomas the Tank Engine…?!
In the second half, Cleo joins me for our long overdue discussion of the off-the-wall rhythm game UNBEATABLE. Was the game actually beatable after all? Cleo give...
Nintendo fulfilled its promise to include same-sex relationships in Tomodachi Life, but they didn’t stop there! Just how queer is the new Nintendo wacky life-sim? We’ve got all the big gay details!
Lloyd joins me for this episode in which we also discuss the first steps into our Celeste journeys, plus the news, and finally a discussion about generative AI in video games.
Headlines include game developers reportedly *maybe* skipping...
Hosting solo again and covering a big week of queer game reveals: Life is Strange: Reunion, 1348 Ex Voto, and possibly even Fable.
There was a bunch of Mario news (including trans reps in the new movie), Warframe is coming to Nintendo Switch 2 very soon, the PS6 might be delayed, Ubisoft is laying off even more people, and so much more!
00:00:00 - Intro and What We’ve Been Playing
00:03:17 - What I’ve Been Playing
00:10:41 - News
...Ekamy and I dive into the strange queer game phenomenon: the Lesbian Plot Twist™. Isn’t it a little odd that so many gaymes prefer a mid-game “she’s actually a lesbian” surprise? Spoilers abound (see below).
We also discuss the news (including updates on the Life is Strange 5 and Sims 4 leaks, some queer games are being delisted, layoffs, and anniversaries), what we’ve been playing, and Queer Game of the Week!
00:00:00 - Intro
00...
I said I wasn’t gonna record a new episode this week, and then the Life is Strange: Reunion leak was just far too juicy to ignore. So I took the opportunity to also cover some older news stories I missed during December.
This week is a little shorter because it’s just me and it’s only the headlines. Other news includes Netflix buying Warner Bros and significantly undervaluing its games division, Fortnite is collaborating with She W...
Cleo and Lloyd are back, and together we break down all the queer games scheduled for 2026! There’s tons of indies and AAAs, plus a whole bunch of non-queer games we’re excited for too!
But we don’t know everything that’s coming out next year; we also make some bold predictions for games (and where the industry might be heading).
Let’s find out what queer gaming is going to look like in 2026!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:09:23 - Looking A...
2025 is almost over and I’ve invited Zoe, Ekamy, and Lloyd on to discuss our favourite moments from the year, as well as the many scandals.
This is also a much more conversational and laid back discussion than most episodes, a kind-of “party” vibe, so join us for a laugh or two!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:12:57 - 2025 Year in Review
This episode was recorded on December 16 2025.
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Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 cleaned up at the Game Awards and a certain queer actor took home Best Performance (while mentioning her girlfriend in the acceptance speech to boot).
Several other awards went to queer games and there was a nice handful of queer and queer-adjacent game announcements.
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:51 - The Gayme Awards 2025
CONTENT WARNING: Harry Potter/Hogwarts Legacy/JK Rowling discussion
This episode w...
This week I’m taking a break from news and other current events to interview Elana and Nat from Unquiet Games!
Back in Episode 53, I spoke about a demo I played for a game called “Banned Together,” a first person 3D puzzle game (a “Metroidbrainia”) about queer books that are quite literally disappearing from the shelves of a library.
Elana and Nat are the two lovely humans behind this exciting and timely game, and we talk about the...
Gayming Mag’s Streamer of the Week, Ekamy, joins me to discuss what we’ve been playing, the headlines, and the big fancy 2025 game everyone is talking about: Clair Obscur: Expedition 33!
Headlines include two upcoming games that won’t be featured at The Game Awards, the Electronic Arts purchase has had a negative effect on the right people, Steam has censored another queer game, and Udo Kier (star of OD Knock) has passed away.
Ekam...
This week, Amy-Lynn and I discuss all the queer games that got nominations for The Game Awards and the Indie Game Awards. There were more layoffs. And in very sad news, Rebecca Heineman has passed away after a short battle with cancer.
For the main segment, we share our spoiler-free impressions of Kirby Air Riders, Masahiro Sakurai’s latest masterpiece (which is unusually accessible for a Nintendo game).
00:00:00 - Intro
00:02:59...
It’s that time of the year!! Video games are on sale and a lot has changed since Black Friday 2024. So Ekamy, Lloyd, and I have advice, tips, tricks, and what to look out for when it comes to navigating the next two months of what will certainly induce some impulse purchases.
I also start the show off, by myself, with what I’ve been playing and the news. Headlines include: Steam is launching a bunch of new hardware, PlayStation had...
Cleo joins me for a lot of exciting queer game news and a heaping pile of drama!
On the news side: Zorkie Studios, the developer duo behind Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced, has a brand new game announcement, Sonic Racing CrossWorlds and Warframe have Nintendo Switch 2 updates, Pokémon Legends Z-A’s DLC is dropping very soon, and some weird and maybe disappointing updates on Mass Effect 5 and Fallout New Vegas 2.
On the drama side...
For the news segment, it’s just me: Zoey. It’s a lighter news week (ish). Metal Gear Solid Delta remake got a free update, Animal Crossing: New Horizons has some exciting news related to the Nintendo Switch 2 and… Lego(?!), Queer– I mean, Fear Effect 2 is getting a remaster like the first game, and Amazon has laid off tons of staff and canceled 2 MMOs.
Also, two strange pieces of news regarding Kojima and a certain sitting US presi...
Please forgive the audio quality this week! There was an issue with the recording service we use that created a very challenging sync error. To help with a bandage, the service gave me a lower quality cloud backup to use (while they try to fix the issue… much too slowly, unfortunately).
But this week Cleo joins me to talk about the news and a horror game that’s steeped in sapphic vibes!
For the news: Sims players are planning a boy...
This week, it’s just me – Zoey – for the news. Headlines include the Horizon movie getting a possible release date, the PS6 and Xbox 720/Two/Series Y&T (whatever they're calling it) getting a possible release date, and Nintendo reassures us they didn’t get hacked and your user data was not stolen. Additionally, there were no layoffs this week and the industry has even started to fight back on two fronts, which gives me some cau...
It’s that time of the season, and Steam Next Fest has returned! Ekamy, Cleo, Lloyd and I played 7 gayme demos (and it was hard to pick, there were so many amazing queer games)!
00:00:00 - Intro
00:03:27 - Steam Next Fest - October 2025
This episode was recorded on October 16 2025.
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