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Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEvangelion: 1.6 You Can (Not) Stardew (w/ Sara Brown)Get in the robot, listener, it's time for another Gay for Play! This week we're joined by bestie of the pod and G4P alum, Sara Brown! We get deep and philosophical about the re-release (and first North American release) of The End of Evangelion in theaters and discuss why this film and its anime is still one of the most beloved and mind-boggling series ever made, as well as a show and film rich with queer under(and over)tones. We also get into the new Stardew Valley 1.6 update, chat all about the new features that continue being...2024-04-071h 18 $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastLoolyness in Louieville (or, First episode of April) | LoolyCast 2024/04/06 It’s the first weekend of April, and squad are back with more updates, even a possibly rebrand back to…well, you’ll find out in this video: 00:00 - Intro 01:25 - Aircheck 01:57 - A possible rebrand back to G4p TV? 03:10 - Random shiz, I dunno 04:00 - LoolyCast Reacts Ep.2: PS1 Startup Bloopers 1: Fearful Harmony 08:59 - Outro Seth’s take on PS1 Bloopers can be watched here: https://youtu.be/WTGKd9VtU-g?si=7K7cr03HEMTa-Pcy Software used: CapCut, Balabolka, TTS Bot and Procreate Pocket. FOR ENTERTAINMENT PURPOSES ONLY No copyright infringement intended (Fair Use) DISCLAIMER: No rude, hateful comments...2024-04-0609 min $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastWe’re back! | LoolyCast 2024/03/30Season 2 is finally here, with a couple of new looks to the podcast. So sit back, relax and enjoy! 00:00 - Intro 00:59 - Aircheck 01:50 - A dark documentary (Quiet on Set), and what it focuses on 02:54 - Updates from Norman 03:47 - Gametime 05:28 - LoolyCast Reacts Ep.1: TTS Shorts 8: The Easter Short Special 06:33 - Reaction aftermath 06:53 - Outro Credits to Owl Network for the Easter short video, original can be watched here: https://www.youtube.com/watch...2024-03-3007 min $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastSomething serious??? | LoolyCast 2024/03/09Tonight’s episode has had a quick turn in terms of topics, they seem interesting, but some are serious! 00:00 - Intro 00:54 - Aircheck 01:36 - The Jakub Rosa controversy: What happened? 03:35 - the guy that pestered Dave years ago is at it again! 05:08 - Gametime 06:18 - Outro 2024-03-0906 min $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastInteresting TTS news and mini-games | LoolyCast 2024/03/03Tonight’s episode has somewhat landed on a Sunday due to tight schedules, but here we are! Stay tuned for a quick announcement regarding Sunday evening on Chloe’s channel at the end 00:00 - Intro 00:55 - Aircheck 01:39 - davemadson video updates 02:28 - a davemadson related interview with Stella Momoboshi herself 04:07 - Commercial sponsor 04:40 - Gametime 08:35 - A quick statement from Alex 09:07 - Outro 2024-03-0309 min $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastNew Chapter Discussions | LoolyCast 2024/02/24The crazy tooties are back after a week off from their podcasting duties, so they talk about video related stuff in this episode. Funny Memes 257: https://youtu.be/HITMSES1e0U?si=_7R5a... NBCB 10: https://youtu.be/IYtr5IgAst8?si=UYYsw... T&F 10: https://youtu.be/KySb7teK8xM?si=YWUcw... 00:00 - Intro 00:56 - Aircheck 01:49 - Norman talks about content on his channel (and the funny memes video as well) 02:53 - Discussion about NBCB 10 and T&F 10 (and...2024-02-2406 min

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastDungeons & Dragons! (w/ Steven Christie)You and your party stumble across a new episode of G4P! Go ahead and roll for initiative~Baldur's Gate 3 is currently the hottest new RPG in the gaming world right now. Only problem is, none of us have played it yet! So on this week's episode we're joined by Steven Christie, our oomfie from down under* (*Australia, not the Underdark) to discuss the game that inspired BG3 and countless other role playing games: DUNGEONS AND DRAGONS! D&D, the massively popular fantasy tabletop game, has become a household name in the years since its...2023-08-291h 33

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastSummer Gay Fest! (Our Favorite June Game Announcements)This week it's back to business after the incredible joy and success our first ever live show in LA last weekend! Eric and Laurence debrief on our show with Super Dating Simulator and the weekend at large before diving into our main topic: JUNE VIDEO GAME ANNOUNCEMENTS! E3 may be officially dead and gone, but the games are here to stay. We cover our favorite announcements from the June Nintendo Direct, Geoff Keighley's Summer Game Fest, the Xbox showcase, Wholesome Direct, and more. The sheer number of game announcements can be overwhelming, so we're here to tell...2023-06-251h 33

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastThe Legend of Zelda: Queers of the KingdomIt's Pride month once again, and what better way to kick off the celebrations than by diving paraglider-first into a hearty discussion on one of the biggest and best games of the year. It's Zelda time!!! Our favorite androgynous femmeboy girltwink swordsman is back and this time? He has a sexy goat-man's arm grafted onto him.The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom has been one of our most anticipated games ever since it was first announced, and now that we finally have our hands on it we can safely say it did NOT...2023-06-021h 40

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastOne Last Culture Kiki Before Tears of the Kingdom! (w/ Bijou Bentley)Hi divas! (May we call you divas?) It’s an exciting week here at Gay For Play. We recorded this episode mere days before the release The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, an event bound to dominate gaming culture for the foreseeable future. Plus we're joined by iconic oomfie and CenCal legend Bijou Bentley to help us catch up on as much culture as possible before Zelda consumes our lives!Bijou is an incredibly talented drag artist and visual artist based in the California Central Valley. She joins us to discuss Drag-Con, our final predictions and...2023-05-121h 18

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastSTAR WARS: "What is a Jedi if not a Gay Catholic?"(*Well, Catholic-coded at least...)An episode a long time in the making in a galaxy right, right here: this week, we're finally discussing STAR WARS! Our friend Jake Carlin joins us to talk all about the supermassive media franchise born from a humble little space-fantasy flick in 1977, which still manages to capture our hearts and imaginations to this day. (thanks in part to some pretty great video games!) We discuss the 2019 video game STAR WARS Jedi: Fallen Order, some early impressions of its newly released sequel, STAR WARS Jedi: Survivor. We...2023-05-042h 21

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastThe Super Mario Bros. Movie (w/ Connor Marsh)Mushroom Kingdom, heeere we come!Today we're joined by a bestie of the pod, our theme song composer Connor Marsh, to discuss the long-awaited Super Mario Bros. Movie! And speaking of long-awaited Nintendo things: mere hours before we recorded this episode, the final pre-release trailer for The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom dropped, so we get into that first! We were arguably more excited for that than the Mario movie which was, in our collective opinion, fine! A perfectly passable and fun kid's film chock full of easter eggs for longtime Mario fans t...2023-04-171h 12 $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastBlindsoft News, New YouTube Videos and An Interesting Article About AppleIn this episode, we tell you about what has been happening with the Blindsoft website, as well as info about new YouTube videos and an interesting article about apples secure enclave.2023-04-1622 min $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastA New Era / First Episode PremiereWelcome to the first episode of The Blindsoft community podcast! This episode is a preview of what is to come on our YouTube channels. This episode also goes into detail about how blindsoft has got to this point, including launching our own website and other stuff.2023-04-0902 min $G4p TV\'s LoolyCast$ G4p TV's LoolyCastG4p TV's LoolyCast (Trailer)2023-04-0900 min

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastThe Last of Us Part 3: The TV Show (Season 1) w/ Becca Rowland"Joel is sooo babygirl-coded."This week we're joined by our friend Becca Rowland, who first guested on our original The Last of Us episode, to discuss the stellar HBO adaptation of Naughty Dog's beloved 2013 video game. We knew that we would probably want to discuss this season of television, compare it to our thoughts the game, and talk about how much we are head-over-heels, madly, deeply in love with Pedro Pascal & would trade the world for a journey with him across a post-apocalyptic America, but it wasn't until after episode 3 broke our hearts into tiny little pieces...2023-04-011h 32

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastThe Nintendo 3DS: In MemoriamWe're gathered here today to mourn & celebrate the life of a video game console, Nintendo's last handheld-only device, the small but mighty Nintendo 3DS.As of March 27th, 2023, the Nintendo eShop for the 3DS and Wii U will be officially shut down, meaning 866 Wii U games and 1547 3DS games will no longer be available to purchase. We've already dedicated an episode in the past to the Nintendo Wii U, so today we're taking a look back at our memories of the 3DS: our favorite games to grace the device, StreetPass & other quirky apps, its hit-&-miss use...2023-03-241h 14

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastThe 2022 Video Game, Pop Culture, and Beyond AwardsIt's Awards Season, and you know what that means: it's time for us to once again honor the best and the gayest in gaming, pop culture, and beyond with the second annual VGPCBAs!Spanning 27 prestigious categories, Eric and Laurence present the awards and dish out legendary trophies for the best (and worst) people, games, and culture that the last year had to offer. Plus this year, extra special guest presenters join us to hand out some of the most coveted awards!It is truly THE most prestigious awards show of the season, we can't think...2023-03-121h 15

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastLet's-a-Go to Super Nintendo World!We are back! After a quick hiatus, Eric & Laurence are back to chat all about their trip to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood, which they visited back in January 2023 during its technical previews. Now, while this ep. may have been recorded a few weeks back, our takes are still hot n' fresh like a plate of Spicy Spaghetti from Toadstool Café! What did we think of the land's signature attraction, Mario Kart: Bowser's Challenge? Is a visit to Bowser's Jr.'s Lair worth the $40 power-band upcharge? What about the rest of the interactive elements scattered throughout the l...2023-03-051h 09

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastM3GAN: The Little Doll Who SL4YS (w/ Sara Brown)~She's bulletproof, nothing to lose... Fire away, fire away~On this week's episode we discuss the film M3GAN! Returning guest Sara Brown (from our Persona 5 and Catherine: Full Body episodes) joins us to talk about the little murderous doll who has captivated audiences nationwide and immediately become a new gay horror icon.We talk about how she joins a lineage of haunted little dolls while also subverting the trope with a modern twist about our over-reliance on technology in child-care. Plus we ruminate on why she resonates so much with queer audiences. Is it because...2023-02-031h 27

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastGlass OnionThere's a mystery afoot! And that mystery, dear listener, is the question: is Glass Onion a worthy follow up to its 2019 predecessor Knives Out? Is there more queer stuff here that warrants a whole episode-length discussion of one of the best new detective film series of the 21st century? How good at Among Us was Stephen Sondheim, actually? Ok, so there's way more than just one mystery, but your sleuths Eric and Laurence are more than ready to take up the case in this first episode of our 2023 Filmuary series! We chat the yassification of Benoit Blanc, some stellar p...2023-01-201h 14

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast2023 and Me (& G4P)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 i...2023-01-1455 min

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastG4P's GOTYs of 2022Another year in the books, another Game of the Year list to make! We, as gay people, love to craft our little lists at the end of every year, so this week we’re having a good ol’ fashioned Game of the Year episode as we each share our individual top 5 favorite games of 2022, alongside a pretty substantial list of our honorable mentions! Which games scored 10s across the board and snatched a coveted spot on our lists? Only time (particularly the next hour and forty-five minutes of this pod) will tell!Here's to a Happy New Year...2022-12-311h 45

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Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastSchoolin' Life in Pokémon Scarlet & Violet (w/ Travis Ryans)This week, our friend & fellow queer gaming podcaster Travis Ryans (they/he) from the Rainbow Road Podcast, returns to the show to discuss Pokémon Scarlet & Violet! The 9th Generation of mainline Pokémon games recently released for Nintendo Switch. Since its launch, the game has gone viral for its myriad technical issues, bugs, and poor performance, but is there still a worthwhile Pokémon RPG to be found beneath all of the mess? Well, as they would say in the Paldea region, "es complicado!"We dive into all of our thoughts, critiques, letdowns and plea...2022-12-051h 22

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastMajora's Mask4MascIt's Halloween time once again, and we are celebrating with an iconically spooky game! Well, first we're doing our civil duty as gay podcasters & sharing our love for Carly Rae Jepsen's The Loneliest Time, as well as briefly going over all the drama surrounding Bayonetta 3 on the internet this past week, but after that we're talking ALL about THE LEGEND OF ZELDA: MAJORA'S MASK-- the infamously dark sequel to Ocarina of Time released for the Nintendo 64 in the year 2000. For a 22 year old game, Majora's Mask was absurdly ahead of its time, having lots to s...2022-10-291h 35

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastSomewhere Overwatch the Rainbow (w/ Brian Moreno)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...2022-10-221h 41

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastI Dream of Disney (Disneyland & Disney Dreamlight Valley)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...2022-10-081h 24

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastValiDate, Splatoon 3, and September Game Announcements!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...2022-09-171h 20

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastWe're Worried, Darling (Immortality & Ooblets)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, th...2022-09-091h 17

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastALIEN POYO-STAR (Kirby! w/ Alejandro Muñoz)"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...2022-08-271h 16

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastThe Kwanstone Project (with TinTin V.)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...2022-08-131h 15

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast"PSPSPSPSPSPS" (Prey & Stray w/ Travis Ryans)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 h...2022-07-291h 29

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastYu-Gay-Oh! (w/ Jake Carlin)With the recent tragic passing of "Yu-Gi-Oh!" series creator, Kazuki Takahashi, this week we reflect on the legacy of his iconic franchise, from its manga origins to what is now one of the most popular trading card games & multimedia franchises on the planet."Yu-Gi-Oh!" tells the story of Yugi Motoh, a timid, kind, young gamer with an iconic spiky hairdo who becomes possessed by the vengeful spirit of an Ancient Egyptian pharaoh, who becomes Yugi's alter ego as he battles his opponents in Duel Monsters, a card game that went on to inspire the real-life TCG we k...2022-07-161h 43

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastOur Fave Games of 2022 (So Far)!Well gamers, Pride month has officially ended, and with it, the first half of 2022! We'll be honest, given the current events unfolding on the national stage, Pride month was a little rough on us this year, and we weren't quite in the right headspace to record episodes throughout the month. But we have mustered our strength & gathered once again, coming to the mic as we are, to discuss what we've been playing lately & how our GOTY list is shaping up as we discuss our favorite games from the first half of the year!Tangents include o...2022-07-021h 41

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastCategory Is: Summer Game(s) Announcements!Welcome to Gay For Play! A podcast where we take a look at the world of gaming through a queer lens. This week, the CATEGORY IS: Summer Gaming Announcements! E3 may be six feet under girl, but in its wake we've still gotten a *lot* of cool announcements this month, with various publishers & gaming companies big & small holding virtual press conferences to show off new and upcoming games. We watched through most of them and picked over 40 video games to discuss in this episode! Below is a list of everything we discuss in this episode, i...2022-06-171h 52

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast"You Tellin' Me a Queer Coded this Villain?"HAPPY PRIDE 2022!We are back for an all new season of Gay For Play, and we're kicking it off by talking about Queer & Queer-*Coded* Villains in video games. Queer coding the bad guy is a trope seen in media for ages, dating back to old Hollywood censorship laws & really entering our generation's collective consciousness through the villains of the Disney Renaissance of the 1990s, right around the same time that the medium of video games started to come into their own. Eric and Laurence discuss how this trope came about and why...2022-06-031h 05

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 56: Groove is in the (Kingdom) Heart(s) - G4P Season Finale Final MixIt's our season finale! We'll be off for the next month, but before we take a little slumber in our memory recovery pods, we're back for one more episode to take another look at one of our favorite video game franchises that we simply cannot stop talking about: KINGDOM HEARTS.The beloved Final Fantasy / Disney crossover JRPG series has been back on our minds lately. It celebrated its 20th Anniversary earlier this month, alongside the reveal of the next mainline entry in the series: Kingdom Hearts IV. And just recently, the iconic singer of the KH theme...2022-04-291h 25

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 55: Sonic Thee HedgehogThis week, in honor of the new Sonic movie hitting theatres this weekend, we’re doing a deep dive on the blue blur himself: the hog, the myth, the legend– Sonic the Hedgehog! It's Sonic! The cool blue hedgehog who runs fast and loves chili dogs! You know the guy! In this episode we discuss the loveable blue guy's origin, our first exposure to this gaming icon, and discuss his history as a gaming cultural figure over the years. Plus we get into how the Sonic fandom has made their own queer spaces around the character, from the c...2022-04-081h 15

Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast"The Power of the Twink" *BONUS EP. TEASER*This is a preview for our new bonus episode on Jane Campion's THE POWER OF THE DOG, available now on our Patreon page! (the bonus episode, not the movie. That's on Netflix!)In it we dive deep into the movie & discuss its themes of masculinity, longing, and queer cowboy culture. We also touch on the 2022 Oscar winners (but worry not, we don't spend much time on *that* Discourse™)To listen to the full episode, head on over to patreon.com/gayforplaypod and become a patron at any tier! (starting @ only $1/month) We're switching to a b...2022-04-0306 min

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 54: What Else We're Gay For (Other Than Elden Ring, Still)Full transparency: we're still just playing Elden Ring / experiencing video game burnout from playing too much Elden Ring, so we figured this week would be a great opportunity to catch up on other video game & pop culture moments that have been in the zeitgeist! Aside from an obligatory Elden Ring corner, topics the employee walkouts at Disney over the company's ongoing financial support of anti-LGBTQ politicians, the Hogwarts Legacy State of Play presentation, a few other video games we've been checking out (Tunic, Paradise Killer, Stranger of Paradise: Final Fantasy Origin, Kirby and the Forgotten Land), The...2022-03-251h 15

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 53: "Try Finger, But Hole" (Elden Ring)Around once a year, a game releases that seems to completely dominate the gaming cultural conversation (by which we mean it's massively popular and men get really testy about it online). This year the game in that spotlight seems to be ELDEN RING - a new open world RPG from FromSoftware (creators of Dark Souls, Bloodborne, & Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice), directed by studio head Hidetaka Miyazaki and featuring a story & lore written by George RR Martin (yes, *that* George RR Martin)In this episode, we discuss our thoughts on this massive, brilliant, ruthless open-work adventure (basically we...2022-03-111h 15

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 52: "HogwartsPilled" - Harry Potter Video Games (w/ Leo Grierson)Yer a wizard, podcast listener! This week we are here to discuss the Harry Potter franchise, its various video game adaptations, and our complicated relationship with the franchise as queer & trans individuals whose childhood fondness for this series has turned sour in our mouths like a bad Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Bean in light of JK R*wling's dangerous and repeated transphobic comments over the past few years. Our guest (and DEAR friend of the pod) Leo Grierson unpacks their feelings with us through the lens of the old PC Harry Potter video games, how we...2022-02-251h 25

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 51: “Feeling the Final Fantasy” - JRPGs & Drag (w/ Blueberri Mary)On today's episode, we are joined by our dear friend Devon, aka Ms. Blueberri Mary, to discuss one of our favorite video game genres: the humble JRPG! (Japanese Role Playing Game) And more particularly, how the fashion and design sensibilities of games like Final Fantasy X & X-2 have influenced and entire generation of queer designers and drag artists.We get into the character designs and looks that left our young gay brains gagged and inspired, how in practice they aren't too dissimilar from the pop stars and divas that typically evoke idolatry from the gays, and how...2022-02-181h 27

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 50: "I’m a Sinner, Baby" (The Forgotten City)***Timestamps for Spoilers*** (Spoiler discussion for The Forgotten City runs from 50:15 to 1:03:00)Salve friend!Believe it or not, this is our 50TH EPISODE OF THE POD!!! We wanna thank y'all up top for helping us make it to half of a hundo. Here's to at least 50 more!For our 50th episode, Daddy Nintendo gifted us an anniversary gift in the form of a juicy Nintendo Direct to discuss! We share our thoughts on Kirby going Throatzilla on large inanimate objects, Earthbound finally landing on Switch Online, Mario Kart 8 receiving new DLC 8 years...2022-02-121h 28

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 49: "Wyrdeer! We're Queer!"- Pokémon Legends: Arceus (w/ Connor Marsh)To paraphrase one Ms. Gia Gunn "This is a place for (Pokémon) Legends, okay?"This week, we're joined by our friend (and composer of our theme music) Connor Marsh (he/him) to discuss Pokémon Legends: Arceus— the latest entry in the Pokémon franchise that brings a much needed breath of fresh air to the long-running series of loveable monsters. A prequel to Pokémon Diamond & Pearl (Laurence's favorite Pokémon entries of all time), Legends Arceus is set in the Hisui region— a land of the distant past that will one day c...2022-02-041h 26

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 48: But I'm a Cheerleader! (with Becca Rowland)All month long January has been FILMUARY here at Gay For Play.This week, we're ending the month by discussing a queer cult classic, the 1999 satirical romantic comedy: But I'm a CheerleaderAnd the boys are not alone this week! We're joined by dear friend of the pod Becca Rowland, who last joined us on our The Last of Us (Part 1) episode last March! Becca's the one who recommended we watch this movie for our last episode of Filmuary, and we're so glad she did, because the three of us have so much to say...2022-01-281h 21

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 47: "One Pill, Two Pill, Yass Pill, Blue Pill" (The Matrix / The Matrix Resurrections)FILMUARY continues here at Gay for Play this week! In today's episode, we dive deep into a discussion of The Matrix and its newest installation, The Matrix Resurrections! One of us is a lifelong fan of this iconic sci-fi trilogy, and one of us is a total newcomer to the franchise (& hadn't even seen the original until like, last week!). But we both have a LOT to share about Keanu and his slo-mo bullet dodging adventures. It would be a Herculean task to have a thorough conversation about a series that has been discussed to de...2022-01-211h 25

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 46: Musical Theatre Films of 2021- Faves and FlopsWe're back with our first episode of 2022! Except here's the thing... January is famously a slow month for video game releases. We also haven't been playing that many games lately, but we have been watching a lot of movies! (They're kinda like video games except you can't decide when people jump). So we've decided to make January a month of talking about cinema!!! Because it's our podcast and we can talk about whatever we want,. "FILMuary" we're calling it. And we're kicking it off by going back to our roots and tapping into our inner musical theatre kids and...2022-01-141h 36

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 45: Our Fave Games of the Year 2021!!Happy New Year y'all!Our first full year of video game podcasting is drawing to a close and We're closing out 2021 with a just a chill, good ol' discussion of 10 of our favorite games of the year. We're not tryna to decide on some sort of "definitive", "OFFICIAL", "G4P 2021 GOTY!" or anything like that, but rather, just taking the time to each share and honor 5 games that really vibed with us this year! (loosely ranked, because ultimately people love lists and we are trying to keep this show entertaining and suspenseful, obvi)W...2021-12-311h 26

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 44: The 1st Annual Video Game, Pop Culture, and Beyond Awards!Coming to you LIVE from the Red Carpet, it's us! We are here to host and present the first ever VIDEO GAME POP CULTURE AND BEYOND Awards, where we will honor the best and brightest of 2021's video games, pop culture moments, (and beyond!) Move over, Game Awards, because it's our time to shine.Spanning 33 prestigious categories including "Best Indie", "Biggest YASS of the Year", "Gayest Game of the Year", and of course, the highly coveted "Game of the Year" - Laurence and Eric will be presenting the list of nominees and awarding the winners with NFBs (N...2021-12-171h 27

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 43: Side by Side by UnsightedStudio Pixel Punk's Unsighted is a Queer, Zelda/Metroidvania-like indie game with engaging gameplay, an emotionally-rich narrative, and some really inspired game mechanics. It's a real hidden gem that has quickly become a late-contender for one of our favorite games of the year! And speaking of our favorite games of the year, we recorded this episode pre-Game Awards, but we have a special announcement on our own upcoming GOTY plans!After our discussion on Unsighted (and a quick Pokémon BDSP-update from Larry,) we discuss Real Housewives, Selling Sunset, tick, tick...BOOM, theatre, a...2021-12-101h 02

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 42: Anniversary Crossing! (ACNH Retrospective and 2.0 Discussion)It’s the 1-year anniversary of GAY FOR PLAY!!! We’re celebrating by taking it back to the game that started it all for us: Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which fittingly, recently received a massive 2.0 update and DLC expansion with Happy Home Paradise. We discuss what’s new about the game, what the game has meant for queer players over the past year and a half, and how to get back into the game if you’re one of the many people who fell off of the game at some point (spoiler alert: it’s not too hard!)We als...2021-11-271h 30

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 41: All Too Yass (90-Minute Version) (G4P's Culture Catch-Up Version)Greetings Swifties and Swifties-in-the-making...This week, ahead of our 1-year(!) anniversary next week, we're back with another edition of "Rest Mode" where we catch up on the video game and pop culture news that we've been digging into!There is truly SO much to discuss this week: The Game Award nominations are OUT! GTA remasters are buggy as hell! Corporations like Meta and Activision-Blizzard are continuing to exhibit ghoulish evil flop behavior! New POKEMON games are here. Jen Shah is under ARREST on national TV. Britney's conservatorship is OVER! And of course... RED (Taylor's Version...2021-11-191h 28

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 40: Nier AutotomatoFor the Glory of Podcast-kind!This week we discuss NieR: Automata, the 2017 Action JRPG from the visionary mind of director Yoko Taro and PlatinumGames that has us a bit divided!The game tells a rich story about a post-apocalyptic future where sexy battle androids are still fighting in the name of their ancient human creators. The game explores themes of identity, humanism, and philosophy through a really non-conventional gameplay experience that some consider a gaming masterpiece. But what exactly is a "masterpiece"? What makes a game, or any piece of art in any m...2021-11-121h 24

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 39: Our Personal Canon! 5 Pieces of Media That Shaped UsHey y'all! This week, between travel plans and the distraction of the Animal Crossing 2.0 update, we didn't have time to record a brand-new episode this week, but fear not! We're re-releasing our favorite Patreon-exclusive bonus episode here onto our main feed! In it, we pick 5 pieces of media (a TV show, Book, Movie, Album, and of course, a Video Game) that hold a special meaning to us and explain why our picks have helped shape us into the queer weirdos we are today. (Shouts out to the...2021-11-051h 04

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 38: Halloqween Spooktaculqueer!BOO! Surprise! we’re back for yet another HALLOWEEN-y episode of Gay For Play!This week, we’re talking all about the video games that scared us; from recent titles like Outer Wilds: Echoes of the Eye, to classic childhood haunts like underwater levels in N64 games, creepypasta video game urban legends, and indie horror game titles that have chilled us to the bone.We also discuss a bit of news, including the rocky launch of Nintendo 64 games on the Switch Online service, highlights from this week’s Playstation State of Play event...2021-10-291h 22

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 37: "Be Gay Do Crimes - The Game" (Night in the Woods)🎃 Happy Halloween! 🎃 To celebrate the spooky season, this week we're discussing Night in the Woods (2017) - a story-driven, sidescroller adventure game where you play as Mae Borowski, a 20 year-old recent college dropout who has returned to her hometown of Possum Springs; a quaint autumnal town in decay along the American Rust Belt -- reconnecting with her family, neighbors, and her queer cohort of childhood friends over the course of a couple weeks in late October (including of course......HAalloweEeEeen!) We have lots of thoughts to unpack about this really beautiful, honest, and very existentially spooky video g...2021-10-221h 09

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 36: Metroid Monkey Ball: Banana DreadHappy October, listeners! The autumn air is crisp, Halloween is approaching, and we are smack dab in the middle of the fall video game season. There are just so so so many video games to play and discuss at this juncture in time, so this week, we're taking a look at two recent video game releases that we've been enjoying!Eric talks about his spooky space adventures with Metroid Dread, while Laurence brings some vaporwave monkey marble madness to the table with Super Monkey Ball: Banana Mania. We briefly discuss the history of...2021-10-151h 07

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 35: Let's TALK about the BugsnaxThe Bugsnax are out of the bag, and we're FINALLY here to talk about them! This week we're discussing last year's smash indie hit Bugsnax, and how this cute Pokemon Snap inspired collect-a-thon about Grumpuses snacking on weird half-bug/half-snack creatures surprisingly has some of the most heartfelt queer representation we've seen in a video game in years!Before that though, we do of course talk for about 15 minutes about our boy Sora from Kingdom Hearts miraculously making his way into Super Smash Bros Ultimate, because how could we not? But once we get that out of o...2021-10-081h 17

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 34: Mamma Mia, NOT this Mario Movie... (Nintendo Direct Recap!)It's-a us! We weren't planning on releasing this episode this week, but after last week's Nintendo Direct presentation, we simply HAD to get on the mic and weigh in with our reactions to the incredibly chaotic cast reveal of the Super Mario movie.Aside from that, there were also some cool announcements in this week's direct! We go over our favorite announcements from the event, but that being said, the Mario cast discussion makes up about the first 20 minutes of this episode, because truly how were our brains supposed to focus on anything else? (This...2021-10-0148 min

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 33: "Why Won't Nintendo Let Us Play as Zelda?" (w/ Sam Weller)Hey! Listen!Our guest this week is Sam Weller! the host & creator of one of our favorite L.A. comedy shows, Super Dating Simulator. He joins us to discuss making queer-centric comedy out of anime/video game/nerd culture, before we launch into our MAIN topic of the week, where we'll be diving into a hot button issue for Nintendo-stans Why the **** won't Nintendo let us play as Princess Zelda??We've talked about the Legend of Zelda series on this podcast often, but this week we're focusing on the titular Princess Zelda...2021-09-241h 32

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 32: Rest Mode! G4P's Culture Catch-UpWelcome to Rest Mode! Our Multimedia Culture Catch-Up Corner. Listennnnn... We play a lot of video games here at Gay For Play, but we also consume a lot of other media! The thing about video games is that they are long and sometimes it's fun to talk about other things, so this week, the two of us sit down to talk about the TV shows, books, music, and yes, video games, that we've been enjoying lately.We discuss, amongst many topics: the Drag Race All Stars 6 Finale, Netflix's Q-Force, our thoughts on Lady Gaga's Dawn...2021-09-101h 23

Gay for Play: A Video Game PodcastEp. 11: "We Love A Himbo Redemption Arc" (The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword w/ Hannah Berg)Hey! Listen! This week, we are joined by actress, gamer, and delightful friend of the pod Hannah Berg (she/her) as we cover our first (but certainly not our last) Legend of Zelda game on G4P!We’re talking 2011’s The Legend of Zelda: Skyward Sword for the Nintendo Wii!Despite its reputation as the “black sheep” of 3D Zelda games, we discuss our fondness for it as we reflect on how it still succeeds as one of the most charming and character-driven Zelda adventures, with a gorgeous art style and incredible puzzle & enemy design to boot...2021-02-111h 22

Rush Hour PodcastE- 58 IFBB Pro Luke the HulkThis week we are switching it up with our first Bodybuilder guest, IFBB Pro Luke the Hulk Carroll. If anyone wanted a snapshot of what our podcast is like, just listen to the first 5 minutes of our interview with Luke, its vintage Brocast! We talk bodybuilding, G4P, drugs, what goes down in the DMs, and much more!!2020-01-311h 06

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