True Avatars - A Queer Video Game Podcast

This week, Steam was forced to removed a bunch of overly explicit games at the behest of Visa and Mastercard, the two most important payment processors that allow Steam to make money.

The games that were removed were not queer (they were of the much more “aggressive” variety) — but where is the line drawn? How long before queer games are equated in the same breath as games that are actually explicit? Wil...

I got the amazing opportunity to interview Tanat Boozayaangool, the lead developer of Building Relationships — the dating sim where you play as a house who dates… other buildings?!

Tanat gives a clever and hilarious window into his thought process behind this wacky and adorable video game, including the reasons it’s so queer at its very core and what to expect from the full game when it launches this yea...

Devona (Heldevo) and Amy-Lynn are back this week for the big gay Deltarune chat! We talk about our thoughts, if it’s a good time for a newbie to jump in, and even carve out some time for spoilers (don’t worry, we kept the spoilers separate so they’re easy to skip).

We also discuss a bunch of headlines, including Cyberpunk: Edgerunners’ second season renewal, Baldur’s Gate 3 actors haven’t seen more succe...

This week it’s just me, Zoey, as I cover three main segments!

I start with the headlines, as usual, and it’s thankfully a lighter week (even if not all the news is good). Deltarune got a big patch, Drag x Drive and Chained Echoes: Ashes of Elrant DLC finally got release dates, Microsoft is doing yet another round of layoffs (a month after doing a major round of them), and Netflix is delisting several gam...

The first half of this episode is just me as I speedrun through the news. Queer headlines include a major update on Hades II, a release year for Deltarune’s next chapter, Misc. A Tiny Tale has some upgraded Switch 2 visuals, and information on a canceled Dungeons & Dragons game. In other news, Xbox has started to ramp up their next-gen plans while Nintendo gives us a better look at Donkey Kong Bananza!

Amy-Lynn is back and we’ve got the juiciest, hottest queer game gossip on this side of the internet!

Runescape is canceling their Pride events — kind of, it’s messy, we have a followup on the Dragon Age 4 development issues story from Episode 33, The Last of Us Season 3 will neither be starring Ellie nor Joel but a secret third character, and Amy-Lynn accurately predicted the existence and reveal of a Sp...

Ekamy, Lloyd_Lloydster and I played 10 exciting LGBTQ+ demos from the June 2025 Steam Next Fest — and they were even better than we already expected them to be!

From super-powered queer people, to reimagined gay Dracula, roguelike-Pokémon, and gay clouds — there’s so much to play and discuss. Plus, Lloyd joins Ekamy and I as a member of the ‘Quantum Witch’ fan club, and we might even have news on ‘Qualit...

Zoe Straw and Lloyd_Lloydster join me to cover the huge amount of queer game reveals this weekend!

First, we race through the headlines! Then we jump into the PlayStation State of Play, Summer Game Fest, Day of the Devs, and the Wholesome Direct. There were a lot of games overall, but we focus very heavily on the queer games, most of which were indies!

On Sunday, I recorded an extra solo se...

We’re heading into June, which means an avalanche of news, directs, presentations, announcements and — most importantly: queer games!

First up, we have lots of headlines. The US government is trying to censor a trans gaming-focused PBS documentary, “Misc. A Tiny Tale” gets a release date, “Tavern Talk” announces a prequel, “Coffee Talk Tokyo” gets a demo, “Pokémon Legends Z-A” has some important news, Cy...

The summer gaming events are starting to heat up, which means lots of queer news and games, too!

Ekamy joins me this week to discuss news, the Six One Indie Showcase, and a strong dose of two lesbian witch-themed indie games.

Headlines are stacked! We have news on Borderlands 4, Haunted Chocolatier, the sequel to Cyberpunk 2077, The Last of Us TV show, a Syberia remaster, and more! Plus, th...

The Super Mario Bros movie sequel has a new title, but what does it mean the story? Epic Games has added a Darth Vader AI chatbot to Fortnite, and of course players got him to say the worst things imaginable. Plus, the Fallout show has been renewed for another season, Nintendo has detailed the free Switch 1 game upgrades on Switch 2, and Naughty Dog has to help yet another actor avoid harassment.

Join Ek...

Another busy week of headlines: Stardew Valley sequel talks, Level-5 weighs in on AI usage in the industry, GTA 6 gets a new trailer, renewed hope for a Chrono Trigger remake, Dragon Age development drama, and more!

I also highlighted a bunch of indie queer games that are in development, some of which are coming out very soon. All of these games sound amazing, so please tune in to hear more about them!

It’s been a busy time for news and I’ve had to cut a bunch of headlines in recent episodes, so Amy-Lynn joined me to cover everything I missed!

We talk about the Game Freak hacker (finally), EA layoffs and another Titanfall cancelation, Polygon has been purchased by Game Rant’s owner (I mistakenly refer to them as Valnut), Nintendo reinforces their desire for strong diversity practice, and we also swap S...

This week Ekamy and Lloyd_Lloydster join me to discuss what we’ve been playing and also cover the last two weeks of headlines.

In terms of news: Discord might see some major changes soon (for the worse). GTA VI has been delayed while Ghost of Tsushima gets a release date — but what do these things have to do with the recent Xbox price increases? Plus, Borderlands 4 had a State of Play and Oblivion Remast...

Please forgive me for that dorky, bad-joke title, True Avatars!

I’m just really excited because this week, I went to the Nintendo Switch 2 Experience event in Toronto and had the chance to test out the Switch 2 over a month before its official release!

I also got to play a bunch of games, including Mario Kart World, Donkey Kong Bananza, Metroid Prime 4, Drag x Drive, and so much more! Some ...

Nicole joins me for this week’s double whammy segments: discussing that underwhelming(??) Mario Kart World Direct and the exciting premiere for The Last of Us Season 2. We share our thoughts, criticisms, and all the queer goodness.

It’s also a busy week for news: Dead by Daylight introduces the game’s first playable trans character, PlayStation Plus prices are going up in several countries, the final maj...

This week Amy-Lynn joins me to catch up on what we’ve been playing (and want to play)!

In particular, we discuss Spilled!, which is a recently released cosy game from a queer dev about cleaning up oil spills! It’s really good, and True Avatars is here with many of the reasons you need to check it out.

We also cover a bunch of queer headlines! The Last of Us TV series has been renewed for Se...

Back in Episode 24, we played several game demos during Steam Next Fest. One of those demos was “Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced,” a dystopian visual novel from Zorkie Studios with a surprising premise — what if you had the ability to approve or decline someone’s gender-affirming care?

That’s an oversimplification of the game’s narrative, but QDRP (as it’s affectionately called) is a game that’s queer ...