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The Premiere of Queer Tropes and our Patreon Launch!
#Queer Tropes

We’ve got so much amazing news! Today is the premiere of our eagerly-anticipated Queer Tropes vs. Video Games series, and we can’t wait for you to see it! […]

March 5th, 2019
Queer Tropes vs Video Games: Video Games’ Relationship Status – It’s Complicated
#Queer Tropes

In this installment, we examine the complex history of gay relationships in games, from Fallout 2 in 1998 to much more recent games like Dream Daddy and The Last of Us: Left Behind. For a long time, even those rare games that included any […]

March 5th, 2019
Queer Tropes vs Video Games: Are You Gay or Just Coded That Way
#Queer Tropes

Video games have inherited a thing or two from the movies, including a troubling tendency to equate being gay with being evil. From The Legend of Zelda’s most […]

March 5th, 2019
Queer Tropes vs Video Games: Press ‘B’ To Hate Gay People
#Queer Tropes

Throughout much of game history, from early Leisure Suit Larry adventures to the latest installment of Grand Theft Auto, gay and trans characters were rarely depicted at all […]

March 5th, 2019

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#Video Games

I recently shared a long update with our backers over on the Tropes vs Women in Video Games Kickstarter page detailing our progress on pre-production and game research […]

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#Video Games

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