We’ve heard Final Fantasy XIV has everything you would want in an MMO: transmog, non-gendered jobs and classes, catgirls, bunny people and deep personal revelations about your gender… Oh, and controller support!
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Video Games Still Have a (Body) Image Problem
Video games don’t have a great history of portraying realistic bodies and despite years of change, Jamie A. Nicholas believes the industry still struggles to present anything other than buff men.
PRIDE 2021: My Complicated Relationship With The Queer Characters of Assassin's Creed
The Assassin’s Creed franchise spans 12 main games and 17 spin-offs since 2007, so it makes sense that they have had several queer characters. Louise Chase is here to explain the series’ rocky representation and her relationship with it.
PRIDE 2021: Game Characters That Helped Me Discover I'm Pansexual
Sexuality is a complicated thing and discoveries about one’s self can come from the strangest of places. Ben Wincote joins us this Pride to tell us about the games that helped him discover his pansexuality.
PRIDE 2021: The Power of Leon’s Innocent Crush in Fire Emblem Echoes
Mathew Glenn joins us this Pride to talk about Leon from Fire Emblem: Echoes and remind us that there’s more to the queer experience than trauma.
PRIDE 2021: A Brief History of Modern Trans Characters in Games
We have come a long way for the region dependant, uncertain and offensive portrayal of Poison in Street Fighter II but there is still a long way to go. As part of our month of LGBTQAI+ articles this Pride, Natalie Raine looks at eight important trans characters in modern games - from the good, to the yikes, to the “it’s complicated”.
PRIDE 2021: Mass Effect and the Effects of Retroactive Representation
Bioware has a long track history of changing parts of its story games and Jamie A. Nicholas joins us to explain why he is disappointed they didn’t go further in the most recent remaster.
PRIDE 2020: If Found Please Play This Game
If Found… is a profound game about growing up queer, Irish and trans. Ollie interviewed the creatives behind the game to find out more.
PRIDE 2020: With Diversity, Less is Never More
Mathew Glenn is here to tell that when it comes to diversity we should not only ask for better, but expect better.
PRIDE 2020: Axton and My Glitch
Borderlands is the first series that anyone would point to when it comes to subtle representation. But Ollie Luddy stumbled across one time they accidentally hit close to home for him.