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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

Eric Solis & Laurence Turner-Cordova

Welcome to Gay for Play! A podcast about all things queer in the world of video games, pop culture, and beyond.👾🏳️‍🌈🎮💖 ~ Hosted by Eric Solis & Laurence Turner-Cordova ~ In each episode we take a video game or gaming topic and look at it through a queer lens—discussing LGBTQ+ representation, queer themes, cultural significance, and what the games we love have to tell us about the LGBTQIA+ experience at large. Whether you're a lifelong gamer or have even just a passing interest in gaming, join us each episode as we kiki over our favorite games!
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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - ValiDate, Splatoon 3, and September Game Announcements!
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09/17/22 • 80 min

This week, Laurence and Eric meet up for a more casual eppy to discuss this week's Nintendo Direct, Sony State of Play, Tokyo Game Show announcements, and more gaming news*! (*and by "more gaming news" we mean a long tangent about astrology and how 6 planets are in retrograde right now which is really harshing our vibe.) But hey! The sequel to The Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild finally has a name/release date, Pikmin 4 is real, and God of War: Ragnarok looks good, so even though the stars are giving us grief rn, the future looks bright, for games at least!
Later in the episode, we discuss ValiDate: Struggling Singles in your Area, a new indie visual novel/dating simulator releasing later this month, which thanks to the folks at Veritable Joy Studios for sending us a review copy, we got a chance to play early! ValiDate features a cast of 12 Black and Brown characters across a diverse set of ethnicities, nationalities, sexuality, and gender identities. We first heard about this game over a year ago and it piqued our interest as the kind of game that we really wanted to see from this genre, so we're so excited and honored to have a chance to check it out!
Plus, Laurence shares his thoughts on Splatoon 3, the newest entry in Nintendo's team-based 3rd-person shooter series that is its most fun and gayest entry yet. It's a fresh episode all around, we hope you enjoy!
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EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - "PSPSPSPSPSPS" (Prey & Stray w/ Travis Ryans)

"PSPSPSPSPSPS" (Prey & Stray w/ Travis Ryans)

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

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07/29/22 • 89 min

This week we are thrilled to be joined by our *EXTRA* special guest, Travis Ryans!! Travis (they/he) is one of the hosts Rainbow Road: A Gay Gaming Podcast, our fellow queer gaming podcast sibling to the north.
They join us to discuss PREY, the 2017 FPS/immersive sim from Arkane Studios and Bethesda about a space station overrun by a hostile spooky alien force known as the Typhon. We dive into the game's themes of morality, empathy, queerness, and iconic moments that can only be experienced through the medium of games.
Then, in the second half of the show, we discuss a *new* post-apocalyptic video game that's taking the world by storm; STRAY, where you play as a lost cat making their way through an underground city of AI robots many many centuries after the disappearance of all humans from the cities walls. We share our early impressions on this haunting, but deeply soothing (and cute) video game.
This has been a collab a long time in the making and we're beyond glad we finally had a chance to have Travis on. Make sure you give a listen to @RainbowRoadPod if you're craving more wonderful queer gaming podcasts in your life!
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EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3
MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Everything Is Going to Be Ok" by Mick Gordon
"Rikonium" by Yann Van Der Cruyssen

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - ALIEN POYO-STAR (Kirby! w/ Alejandro Muñoz)

ALIEN POYO-STAR (Kirby! w/ Alejandro Muñoz)

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08/27/22 • 76 min

"Category: Pink Round Puff he's the BALL... Alien SUPAstar!"
Today we are talking about beloved Nintendo icon Kirby!!!
Created by then-19-year-old Masahiro Sakurai (who later went on to create the Super Smash Bros. series), Kirby first hit the scene in 1992 with Kirby's Dream Land for the Nintendo Game Boy. Kirby was designed to be approachable to new and younger players unfamiliar with games, and since his inception Kirby has been known as a series with something to offer for everyone: beloved by newcomers and veteran players alike.
Kirby superfan and artist Alejandro Muñoz (@sequin.horchata on IG) joins us to talk about our connection to this loveable pink boy, our first and favorite Kirby games, (including Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards and the criminally underrated Kirby Air Ride) and our thoughts on his latest escapade in the 2022 Switch game, Kirby and the Forgotten Land, Kirby's first true 3D platformer.
We also discuss Kirby-creator Masahiro Sakurai's recently started YouTube Channel, where he discusses game development concepts as well as retrospectives on his past projects (including a video on Kirby's Dream Land, which he released the night before we recorded this episode!)
Later in the show in "What else we're gay for" this week, we discuss Yakuza: Like a Dragon, HBO's Hacks, Pikmin Bloom, Tower of Fantasy, and more!
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Get in touch with us!
EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
Support the Show & Unlock Bonus Episodes on our PATREON

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3
MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Green Greens" - composed by Jun Ishikawa (from Kirby Super Star Ultra)
"City Trial" - composed by Shogo Sakai & Jun Ishikawa (from Kirby Air Ride)
"Above the Clouds (Butter Building)" - composed by Hirokazu Ando (from Kirby 64: The Crystal Shards)

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - We're Worried, Darling (Immortality & Ooblets)

We're Worried, Darling (Immortality & Ooblets)

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09/09/22 • 77 min

After a couple months of having lovely guests on the pod, this week Eric and Laurence sit down one-on-one for a classic catch up on the truly wild amount of culture that's been happening.
From the "Don't Worry Darling" drama, to Lea Michele debuting in Funny Girl, to Queen Liz 2 kicking the bucket and reincarnating as Trisha Paytas's baby— there's a LOT to discuss.
Plus, Video Games! We played a couple of great ones this week.
Immortality is the latest FMV (Full-Motion Video) game by "Her Story"-creator Sam Barlow, in which you, the player, scrub through uncovered footage of 3 unreleased movies starring fictional actress Marissa Marcel, who has since gone missing. As you scrub though and interact with the camera footage, you uncover the mystery of what happened to her & the other actors in the film, as well as a darker, spookier, meta mystery that unfolds.
On the total opposite end of the spectrum, we have Ooblets!! A charming new life-sim that blends the farming of Harvest Moon and Stardew Valley with the monster-collecting of Pokémon. We discuss its charms, strengths, and gripes, as well as some other life-sim games that we're playing/want to play soon.
It's a big slay of an episode, we hope you enjoy it!
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Get in touch with us!
EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
Support the Show & Unlock Bonus Episodes on our PATREON

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3
MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Art" by Nainata Desai
"Fashion, But Kinda Sad" by Pedro Silva

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - I Dream of Disney (Disneyland & Disney Dreamlight Valley)
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10/08/22 • 84 min

The boys are back from a nice little vacay to discuss their recent trips to the famous Disneyland Resort and Disney California Adventure theme parks! We went in the same week but on different days from each other, and we review our experiences, ruminate on whether Disney is in its flop era, talk about childhood joy, Disney adults, Star Wars slaying, Marvel's Flop Avengers Campus, and the overall state of the theme park experience in 2022.
Later in the episode, to keep the Disney train rolling, we discuss DISNEY DREAMLIGHT VALLEY, Disney's foray into the life-sim genre hoping to capitalize off of the success of the Animal Crossings and Stardews of the gaming world. How does it hold up in comparison? Stay tuned and find out our thoughts mama!
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Get in touch with us!
EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - The Kwanstone Project (with TinTin V.)

The Kwanstone Project (with TinTin V.)

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

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08/12/22 • 75 min

This week, we're joined by indie game developer, artist, founder of Sipsong Studios, and creator of the new mobile title THE KWANSTONE PROJECT, TinTin V! (he/him)
We interview TinTin about his experience of becoming a self-taught game developer over the
pandemic & how his Lao-heritage and queer identity/community inspired and shaped the creation of his game. We also take some tangents to discuss our thoughts on Pokemon Scarlet and Violet, Xenoblade Chronicles 3, Mario Kart, Beyonce's Renaissance, and more!
THE KWANSTONE PROJECT is available now on iOS and Android! Go download it now! (not a sponsorship, TinTin is just a swell dude with a great little game and we just love supporting indie LGBTQ+ devs here at G4P!)
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Get in touch with us!
EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
Support the Show & Unlock Bonus Episodes on our PATREON

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3
MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Sound of Travel" by Andrew David V.

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - Somewhere Overwatch the Rainbow (w/ Brian Moreno)

Somewhere Overwatch the Rainbow (w/ Brian Moreno)

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

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10/22/22 • 101 min

This week, Eric and Laurence are joined by Brian Moreno (he/him), the president of the Los Angeles Gayming Society, to discuss Blizzard's mega-popular hero shooter OVERWATCH (2)!
Initially released in 2016, Overwatch is a multiplayer competitive shooter featuring a roster over over 40 playable characters with unique abilities and diverse, international backgrounds. The game garnered massive popularity from it's super high-quality animated shorts, went on to become a massive e-sports venture, and garnered headlines for canonically confirming two of its mascot characters (Tracer and Soldier:76) as queer.
Overwatch's servers shut down earlier this month with the release of its sequel Overwatch 2. Now that this sequel/glorified patch is out, we're diving into our histories with this franchise, it's non-diegetic approach to storytelling and character/world building, and its complicated legacy in regards to its queer representation and the company responsible for making the game (as we've discussed many a time on the pod before, Activision Blizzard has been embroiled in a slew of sexual harrassment, discrimination, and retaliation lawsuits over the past couple years.)
Later in the show, we discuss our excitement for Carly Rae Jepsen's latest album, Laurence discusses Coral Island, a new Stardew-esque farming simulator, and Eric shares his yearly Halloween recommendations!
The Los Angeles Gayming Society (LAGS for short) is a 501c3 non-profit with the goal of making the gaming industry more accessible to and tolerant of LGBTQ+ people, building a local community of like-minded LGBTQ+ people that share thier passions and interests, and giving back to the local community. For more info on their work, check out their website, follow them on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitch, and check out their monthly events at Akbar in Silver Lake for their monthly Gaymer Night events!
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Get in touch with us!
EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
Support the Show & Unlock Bonus Episodes on our PATREON

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3
MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Overwatch Main Theme" by Neal Acree
"Victory Theme" by Neal Acree

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - Ep. 12: Doki Doki Dream Daddies (Dating Sims w/ Carlos-Zenen Trujillo)
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02/18/21 • 88 min

You feeling the love in the air? It's probs because THIS week, we’re joined by playwright, actor, and self-identifying weeb Carlos-Zenen Trujillo (they/them) to dive deep into the world of DATING SIMULATORS! A game genre we've *flirted* with multiple times on the show before that we've now decided to go steady with for a whole episode. We take a look at why these simple, innocuous visual novels resonate so deeply with queer gamers like us, and how the genre has evolved from its heteronormative, trope-y roots into games that are more inclusive, queer-centric and simply a joy to play!
We mostly discuss the genre as a whole, but we also take a close look at two dating sims in particular that subvert & redefine the genre: Dan Salvato's twisted Doki Doki Literature Club, and The Game Grumps' queer smash hit, Dream Daddy: A Dad Dating Simulator.
PLUS, in our culture corners, we talk about everything from teen films based on classic literature, K-pop, the Britney Spears doc, Rebecca Black's comeback-era, and so much more!
We hope you fall deeply in love with the 2D anime character of your dreams, or at least enjoy us talking about ours!

Find our guest Carlos on Twitter @caroluscubanus and Instagram @carlosdeservesadrink
Catch them in Seattle Shakespeare's Romeo y Julieta by Ana María Campoy, touring virtually this spring!
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Laurence Turner-Cordova:
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Twitter @afroman76

Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Nick Adams (@stickartams)
MUSIC THIS WEEK:
"Doki Doki Literature Club!" by Dan Salvato
"Dream Daddy" Performed by Baths, Written by Will Wiesenfield
'Poems Are Forever" by Shoji
***SUPPORT BLACK & QUEER GAME DEVELOPERS***
Check out ValiDate: Struggling Singles in Your Area an upcoming romantic visual novel featuring a cast of BIPOC protagonists. Donate to their Ko-Fi to support them directly!

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - Eric, Laur, & The Great GOTYs of 2023

Eric, Laur, & The Great GOTYs of 2023

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

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12/31/23 • 119 min

"The GOTYs, said to portend... untold slayage, and the end of the *year*~"
2023 is over! And we find ourselves at the end of a truly landmark year for gaming.
On this episode we discuss some of our favorite games of 2023. We each pick 5 games from our personal lists that we want to highlight, then culminate the show with 3 "joint slays": games that made both of our lists that we want to celebrate together, the last of which we are considering to be our official pick for 2023 Game of the Year.
Join us as we celebrate these games, a whole lot of honorable (& dishonorable) mentions, games we didn't play but plan to in the future, and a whole lot more!
What Else We're Gay For:
Laurence: The Steam Deck OLED
Eric: Tokyo Godfathers (2003) dir. Satoshi Kon
YouTube link mentioned in the show: MyHouse.WAD - Inside Doom's Most Terrifying Mod
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EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P (& Message us on any of our socials for a link to our Discord!)

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
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Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish,<3

MUSIC THIS WEEK (Spoilers kinda):
Ochette, the Hunter - Octopath Traveler 2 - by Yasunori Nishiki
Thulludhadi Valasu - Venba - by Alpha Something ft. Kaber Vasuki, Ramya Ramachandran
Title Theme - Pikmin 4 - by Kenta Nagata, Asuka Hayazaki, & Soshi Abe
Main Theme - The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom - by Manaka Kataoka & Masato Ohashi

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Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast - 2023 and Me (& G4P)

2023 and Me (& G4P)

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast

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01/14/23 • 55 min

Brand new year, same fabulous us! Laurence and Eric welcome in 2023 with a fun little check-in ep. to start off an exciting year of queer games culture and more! We give an update on the highly anticipated and long awaited Video Games, Pop Culture, and Beyond Awards, Eric's work-related adventures with some Celebrity Gay Icons of NoteTM, how old Drag Race makes us feel, exciting new releases coming this year, and the plethora of Star Wars media out right now and whether any of it is good (spoilers: Andor definitely is). Thank you for listening to Gay for Play in 2023, we are thankful to every listener out there. If you've been listening since the beginning or are just tuning in for the first time, we're so glad you're here <3
DISCUSSED THIS WEEK: Lego Star Wars: Skywalker Saga, Jedi: Fallen Order Star Wars: Andor, Drag Race S15, The White Lotus S2, Natasha, Pierre, and the Great Comet of 1812, and this damn weather, mamma!
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Get in touch with us!
EMAIL US at [email protected]
FOLLOW G4P

Twitter: @GayForPlayPod
Instagram: @GayForPlayPod
Twitch: twitch.tv/gayforplaypod
Support the Show & Unlock Bonus Episodes on our PATREON

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CREDITS
Intro and outro music by Connor Marsh (@connorjmarshmallow)
Show art by Benny Kessler (@retro.spectacle.studio)
Special thanks to our patrons: Blueberri Mary, Elijah Punzal, Trevor McTavish, Travis Ryans & Martha Turner <3

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The episode title 'I Dream of Disney (Disneyland & Disney Dreamlight Valley)' is the most popular.

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The average episode length on Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast is 83 minutes.

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