If It's Gay, We Play
by Stick'n'Poke Productions
In this fun and flirty gaming show, two buds talk about being queer, playing video games, and the intersection between those things. They're both lesbians! One is trans and genderqueer! How does that affect how they play video games and interact with gaming culture? Let's all find out together!
Episodes
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Ep 82 - Whiteness and Nonbinary Identity
This week, we have a little to say about games and a lot to analyze regarding our shared (and fundamentally differently experienced!) identities of white and nonbinary/genderqueer/genderfluid. We begin the process of breaking down how white nonbinary people benefit from their/our whiteness, and…
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Ep 81 - Vampire: The Masquerade: Fash-lines
This week, we have some very special guests to talk about the connection between Vampire: The Masquerade and fascism! Producer's Note: Please enjoy this very special episode, and note that due to some technical difficulties, the sound quality is different from our usual, and switches back and…
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Ep 80 - Propagander? I Hardly Know ‘Er!
This week, Hannah has thoughts on the end of Horizon: Zero Dawn, and we’re talking games as propaganda and propaganda in games! ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 79 - Animal Crossing: New Horizon: Zero Dawn
This week, Kai is back on Animal Crossing, Hannah has more thoughts about H:ZD, and we’re counting down our top 5 favorite dystopias and post-apocalyptic worlds from video games! ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 78 - Homosexual: Zero Dawn
Listen, titles are hard. This week we’re talking Horizon, Duck Season, There Is No Game, and exploitative trans services (and how they’re bad). ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 77 - Big Mommy Milkers
This week, we talk about poop slightly more than usual. Additionally, RIP SOPHIE, and some impassioned talk about disability justice. ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 76 - If We Gay, We Gay
We forgot to play video games this week, so we hope you enjoy some wholesome homosexual talk, plus an extra special Mutual Aid Corner! ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 75 - Monster Hunter: The L Wor(l)d
There are so many video games in the world, yet somehow no games about what really matters (to lesbians): The L Word. We’re here to fix that! It’s the way that we live, and game. ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 74 - New Years Resolutions for REAL GAMERS ONLY
This week, we’re reflecting on our gaming resolutions from last year and making new ones! Other topics include Divinity: Original Sin II and a revisit of Breath of the Wild! ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 73 - Hotter n’ Hades!
This week we and our special guest Addie are talkin' Hades! Topics include: queering narratives, the queer art of failure, and Zagreus: God of Bisexuality. Producer's Note: Hey everyone! Sorry for the late episode, but I had to make a temporary move cross country to keep my family finances…
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Ep 72 - The Quarantine Game Awards
This week, we’re talking our favorite games we’ve played this year! The games that have gotten us through quarantine! Did the games come out this year? Don’t worry about it! ----------------------------------------- Email us @ [email protected] Follow us on Twitter!
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Ep 71 - Cyberpunk? More like CyberSTUNK
Raise your hand if you’ve been personally victimized by CD Projekt Red. That’s all of you? Us too! This week we’re talking the unforgivable travesty that Cyberpunk 2077 turned out to be. We also talk about Rune Factory 4! Ps. You can pick up the indie game alternative to Cyberpunk on itch.io by...
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Ep 70 - Oh my god we’re back again!
Are we original? Yeah. Are we the only one? Yeah. Are we sexual? Yeah... We are everything you need, and we are back on that pod grind! This week we’re catching up on what we’re playing while we remember how to podcast! ----------------------------------------- Email us @...
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Ep 69 - Pt 2: Pillow Talkin'
(CW: Disordered Eating) It’s a continuation of last week! If you haven’t listened to that one, go do it first! Our sexisode Q&A continues! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Episode 69 part 1: The Saga Begins
it’s a sexy Q&A fam! We brought in local sexpert Danielle (Instagram @thelittlestpickle) to weigh in on some juicy topics. We had so much fun we had to break it apart, so stay tuned for more! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Ep 68 - Paladin vs. Overwatch: The Porn Olympics
This week, the gang is feeling ROWDY as we strive to tackle the question plaguing America: just exactly how much Overwatch porn IS there? Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Ep 67 - : Lara Croft’s Kaisland Dreams
In this one we’re digging DEEP into GWP lore to talk (Shadow of the) Tomb Raider! Of course, we also take a sojourn to K's tropical Animal Crossing paradise. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Ep 66 - Animal Crossing: The Hot New ESport
Welcome to the cutthroat world of competitive Animal Crossing. Do you have what it takes to be the best? This week, H needs a sugar mommi, K has a migraine, A is a beverage gremlin, and everybody grows as people! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at...
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Ep 65 - This one's about Sarah Kane?
This week, the gang sets out to prove theatre education worthwhile with an accidental but nevertheless genuinely engaging discussion about Sarah Kane and the queer art of failure. There’s a game or two too! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at...
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Ep 64 - Animal Crossing: It’s just like real life!
K’s been on quarantine for a whole month! It’s about as fun as it sounds. At least ze has Animal Crossing: New Horizons to keep hir occupied. We’re talking AC:NH, we’re talking Borderlands 3 for some reason, we’re talking ‘Rona. It’s a time! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter?...
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Ep 63 - Quarantine: New Horizons
Hi everybody! We’re in quarantine! Almost everything is terrible but you know what isn’t? Video games. Specifically, Animal Crossing: New Horizons, which is like a ray of sunshine shining through a cloud in the form of a video game. This week we’re discussing that, among other things! Follow us…
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Ep 62 - Bermuda Love Triangles
Polyamory: it sure is mysterious, right? WRONG! It’s just a little (lot) underrepresented and a little (lot) oppressed. Topics this week include: H’s gay cousins, new roommate updates, the fact that Fallout 4 is apparently the pinnacle of polyamorous representation? CW: Brief discussion of Rape…
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Ep 61 - Effecting our Tetris
A’s in town! This week, we get an update from him and some smart thoughts about rambunctious brains. Topics include: Tetris Effect, video game addiction, ADHD. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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EP 60 - Taking time off to spend with our Dark Souls
Hi! We were too gay and sad to podcast, but we’re back to be gay and sad with all of you! Topics include: What the fuck we’ve been doing, highly anticipated games, and how goddamn much we’ve learned about FromSoftware games while we’ve been gone. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about...
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Ep 59 - Ask a Heterosexual
This week, H’s straight friend B is in town, and we’re taking advantage of that to ask her some questions about Straight Culture and H in high school. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Ep 58 - Video Games are... Fun?
This week, H and K go on a deep dive through their history with the gaming community, gatekeeping, and coming to the place where video games are allowed to just be... fun! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Ep 57 - Juliasode
This week, we’ve got our dear Julia in the living room studio to talk game unions, barriers to the games industry, and all-around game development, while H and K reveal varying degrees of shocking secrets about their histories. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us…
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EP 56 - Let’s Pokémon Go Back to Bed
This week, H’s back into Pokémon go, K plays the possibly problematic Greedfall, and everyone has a migraine and/or is high. K doesn’t speak French, A’s gonna fight us, and H wants you to get back on Pokémon Go. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at...
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Ep 55 - Sayonara, Short Term Memory
We’re gonna be real with you fam, we recorded this one on a rough mental health day, and we straight up don’t remember what it’s about. Is it about cats? Is it about politics? Is it about Sayonara Wild Hearts and Control? Probably, but let’s all find out together. Follow us on Instagram! Or...
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Specialsode! - Mental Health Day Whoops-A-Daisy
CW: Mental Health Conversation and Arguing This year, for #nationalmentalhealthday, we’re accidentally giving you a look into our deepest inner workings. Which is to say that this specialsode is about us, about our brains and our struggles therewith, about medication, and fighting with love. This...
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Specialsode! - K and A's Big Break!
Where did Hannah go? Maybe under the couch? In the cupboard? In Texas? In the closet? Certainly not the last two! K and A get #real about Gen-Z, Borderlands 3, Control, and emotions: especially anger! Enjoy this Specialsode while we wait for Mommy to come back from where ever she snuck off to!...
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Ep 54 - Taking Control
We’re back! And for real this time! We’ve returned from Scotland better people, with new queer theatre and a lot of food and drink under our belt. This week! We’re talking Control, we’re talking Phoenix Wright, we’re talking AC: Odyssey as always. We love you and thanks for listening! Follow us…
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Ep 53 - Accidental Summer Vacation
Hi everyone! It's us! We've been having a hell of a summer, and we're sorry we've been gone. How have you been? We have a swimming pool now! This week we're checking in and talking Cats the musical, cats the concept, Crash Team Racing, and pool hijinks. We'll see y'all again regularly real soon!...
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Ep 52 - Sometimes things that are E3... are worse
Hi! We remembered we had a podcast! Which is to say we finally had a free hour where neither of our mental illnesses were too bad to record. This week we’re talking E3, and how it was... not that good? Maybe Sony just, like, forgot? Forgot E3 was that weekend? There are a couple of games we have...
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Gender, Fucked: SURPRISE LIVE EPISODE!
Surprise! We recorded a whole ass live episode for real! This week we’ve got an extra special treat in the form of recording our Gender, Fucked live show. Not only do you get us, but you get many other talented gender fucking people! It’s the literal raddest! We’re so stoked!” Follow us on...
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Ep 50 - Oops!
This is a late one fam! We had a super busy weekend! This week we’re talking healing old relationships, befriending your exes, Wandersong, and Drunken Bar Fight. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at [email protected]!
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Ep 49 - May Indie Game Roundup: Baba Is You (and AC: Odyssey)
Happy spring, Gaymerz! This week, Kai did hir homework and has been playing Baba is You. Hannah forgot the assignment and has been playing this tiny little indie game called Assassin’s Creed Odyssey, but at least she’s encountered a lot of gay stuff. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about...
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Ep 48 - A Real Mixed Bag
This week, we’ve got a real emotional roller coaster for ya, starting with some loud and rowdy jokes and ending in some very intense discussion about trans identity. Topics include: pussy weed, finishing the Banner Saga, and interpersonal violence due to transness. Follow us on Instagram! Or...
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Ep 47 - The Long-Threatened KHIII Episode
It’s finally here! We managed to wrangle our dear friend Dylan for a extra special guest episode, discussing Kingdom Hearts III! He likes it, and we try to provide fair and balanced perspectives on this podcast. Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at...
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Ep 46 - Gender? I hardly know ‘er!
This week, we’ve got a hell of a gender-sode for you. We’re talking gender coming out, gender experience, and all things genderfucky. Got a gender? We want to hear about it! After you listen, email [email protected] with questions, comments, stories. We love you and your gender! Follow us…
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Ep 45 - April Indie Game Roundup
Svona samstarfsaðilar! Google translate says that’s “howdy partners” in Icelandic! We’ve braved the frozen north of the indie game tundra to wrangle some indie game yaks or whatever, cause we’re talking about the Banner saga and some other Viking ass shit! We hope you like country trap, ancient...
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Ep 44 - Bethesda, BioWare, and their Bullshit
This week, we’re all hot and bothered about gaming news! We’re discussing Bethesda’s preemptive E3 letdowns, Bioware’s workplace scandal, and, as always, Kingdom Hearts III and its plethora of nonsense. Get mad with us! We love you! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot...
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Ep 43 - Happy Podcast Birthday!
It’s our one year podcast-aversary! We have so many fond memories to reminisce on, like funny bits, losing audio, and other gay stuff! We’re also talking about (how much) Kingdom Hearts III (sucks), and video games that made us cry! Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot...
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Ep 41 - March Indie Game Roundup
The indie fields are bountiful this week! We’re talking one of the best in the biz: Supergiant Games and their masterful Transistor, which H’s finally dug out of her backlogs. K’s playing Mages of Mystralia as well! And A is yelling about the upcoming Sekiro. We’re real excited about these bad...
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Ep 40 - What even is queer, anyway?
Hey folx, it’s big queer topic discussion week! This month, we’re talking about the difference between “gay” and “queer,” what those things mean to us, and who gets to decide what they mean. Stay tuned for lots of generative identity discussion, as well as a few goofs, and a lot of interruptions…
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Ep 39 - Queer Smashdown
This week, K, H, and sometimes A, analyze all 70 characters in Super Smash Bros. Ultimate to decide once and for all the most important question about any video game: who is the queerest one of all? Follow us on Instagram! Or Facebook! How about Twitter? Or shoot us an email at...
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Ep 38 - February Indie Game Roundup!
Welcome to this month’s indie game roundup! We’ve ridden out into the indie game pastures to bring the indies home to roost. This month, we’ve roped A Ghost of a Tale, To the Top, and Beat Saber! Come hang out and hear about that good good play, the companies that made them, and some good old...
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Ep 37 - If It's Gay, We Tabletop Potluck
This week, come sit at our big queer interview table as we chat with the lovely folx from Tabletop Potluck about identity and video games. Talking points include: video game characters we want to smooch, Bowser the Bear, and how everyone wants to be Commander Shepard. Find out more about our...
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Accidental Minisode #2: Back on that vampire beat!
This week, we discover the true cruelty of a crashing computer program that threw a whole episode in the garbage. Instead, here’s a brief but tasty little morsel about the games we’re playing (Moss, Banner Saga, Beat Saber, etc.) and the gay stuff we’re doing (sadness, death, dates, baked goods)....
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Ep 36 - This is the way that we live, and love
Have you heard the news?? The L Word is coming back! This week, we talk a bunch about our L Word sequel theories. Video game wise, we’re deep in the VR paint, and we want you to know how FREAKING COOL VR IS. Seriously y’all, there are some v cool things happening right now. Follow us on…
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In this fun and flirty gaming show, two buds talk about being queer, playing video games, and the intersection between those things. They're both lesbians! One is trans and genderqueer! How does that affect how they play video games and interact with gaming culture? Let's all find out together!
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