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New Video Game Release: Chronicles of Dramarith: The Crownless Kingdoms

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New Video Game Release: Chronicles of Dramarith: The Crownless Kingdoms - James Honaker

QSFer James Honaker has a new queer fantasy video game out, a turn-based strategy RPG: Chronicles of Dramarith 2: The Crownless Kingdoms. Threats emerge, new and old, and peace is shattered. Twenty-five years after Alistair and his allies put down the threat of a mad king and the Coven of Unholy Nocturnal Terror, Lysgentel launches a surprise invasion of its neighbor, Dramarith. Led by a group calling themselves the “Lysgentel Free Republic”, a group seeking to free the continent from the hereditary rulers that have shackled it, they swiftly bring the whole of the continent under their rule, and the … Read more

NEW RELEASE: Twisted – J.S. Frankel

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Twisted - J.S. Frankel

QSFer J.S. Frankel has a new queer YA LITRPG Fantasy book out: Twisted. Chivalry isn’t dead. It just wears a skirt. High schoolers Charlie Matthews, Martin Anderson, and Sharon Collins win a contest to play an interactive-interfacing type of medieval game as the avatars of their favorite characters. Their mission: fight monsters, storm the castle, and capture the evil king. Things go terribly wrong, though, when Charlie wakes up as Angella of Avernon, the lead female character in the game. While she happens to be the most powerful avatar around, he also finds out that they’ve been infected with a … Read more

REVIEW: Boyfriend Dungeon Videogame

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Beyond the stalking controversy, Boyfriend Dungeon is all about the rush of young queer love. Dating in Boyfriend Dungeon is much like real life. There are good times of fun and flirting and emotional connection. And then there are low points. It’s not long after the game’s release and already there is much discourse around the theme of stalking in the game. Yes, there is a character in the game who stalks the player and offers unwanted advances. He also misgenders a non-binary character at one point. He’s called Eric and he’s an arsehole. Even with the content warning at … Read more

VIDEO GAMES: “A Long Journey to an Uncertain End” Gets Gender Diversity Right

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Like so many games, A Long Journey to an Uncertain End begins with character creation. But, unlike many games, this one actually gets it right. Over the years, character creation tools have changed and improved to better reflect the diversity of the tens of millions of people that play games every day. If a game wants us to be ourselves, we need the tools to achieve this. Yet there remain some limitations. Many games still assign character traits based on gender, for instance. Most recently, Cyberpunk 2077 has offered more extensive options when it comes to allowing us to pick … Read more

Kickstarter: Alpha Hole Prison Videogame

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Alpha Hole Prison

Y Press Games, the company that always delivers crowdfunding rewards on time, has a gay space prison dating sim raising funds on Kickstarter. The adults only visual novel Alpha Hole Prison stars a lost Earth astronaut sentenced to life in a notorious men’s prison.  Miguel’s only hope for survival is to find a strong boyfriend to protect him.  Several good aliens are available for him to choose from.  If he doesn’t pick someone, he’ll become the prey of the vicious cannibal Viz-Goth.  There are five inmate love interests and one guard.  Major side characters also offer Miguel the chance for intimacy.  In the end, will Miguel accept his … Read more