Lesbian Gamers

A Video Gaming Discourse

As you may or may not be aware, one of our favorite gaming blogs to visit here at Lesbian Gamers is BrainyGamer. Michael runs the site and brings thought provoking ideas and observations to the gaming table every week (as we try to do in a different way). With this in mind we decided to collaborate on a piece about issues of hostility within our hobby.

The full article is linked below. Whilst it addresses some of the issues inherent in the volatile nature of gaming and the games community, the article leaves the door open for meaningful discourse and we hope you'll take the time to leave your comments. Please be aware that for illustrative purpose we have included a couple of less than savory comments we've had here at Lesbian Gamers.

READ Brainy & Lesbian Gamers - Questions for the Community here.

           

My Lesbian Radio and Lesbian Lounge

The ladies over at The Lesbian Lounge were celebrating a birthday on their last podcast and they had a number of special guests including Sarah Warn from AfterEllen. Sarah spoke candidly about AfterEllen’s beginnings, where it is going and even gave a shout out to us here at LesbianGamers and LesbianGeek (for which we’re eternally grateful!).

The Lesbian Lounge is a show hosted by the rather lively pair of Donna and Denise and is part of MyLesbianRadio. We wanted to highlight the site for those that may not have heard of it (as we hadn’t! For shame!). Head over and take a listen.

           

Faith from Mirror's Edge - Cool

Seems the developer's over at DICE have decided to fly in the face of game development rules and norms and not only cast a female lead, but also an Asian female lead - right on! Faith is the lead character from upcoming EA title Mirror's Edge - a first person title with a difference - it's based on parkour (l'art du déplacement).

Faith is a courier (runner), she carries sensitive information on foot via the rooftops and skyways, using parkour moves. Faith is the best runner and the storyline sees her in an drenaline-fuelled race to save her sister’s life. We think this looks pretty cool, we're just not sure how well jumping mechanics work in the FPS genre. It's kind of on our 'gaming lore' list of things FPS titles should never do, as it's hard to jump when you can't see your legs - Yes you remember that annoying bridge level on Half Life 2 don't you people!. Still.. female protagonist named Faith out to save her sister... gotta love that.

Some screenshots after the jump!

           

Gay Girls Who Game - Epi Seventeen

You might have noticed a little game called GTA IV recently released, well the Gay Girls Who Game have the lowdown - or is it down low - on GTA IV, with a twist of lesbian. Gay Girls Who Game also have the usual viewer feedback (which they love!), a birthday and lollipops.

Episode Seventeen of Gay Girls Who Game (thanks to AfterEllen.com and LesbianGamers.com) is a special GTA IV edition of the show. The grrls talk GTA IV lesbians, politics, feminism and dark social satire. They also give the game an L Word Game Rating.

Without further ado you can catch Episode Seventeen of Gay Girls Who Game - Special GTA IV Edition - HERE.

GTA IV Gay Agenda

A gay and lesbian agenda in GTA IV? Seems some people think so. GTA IV does feature some prominent gay and lesbian storylines and characters, but to suggest there is an agenda by Rockstar to in some way 'promote' homosexuality is ridiculous.

We take a look at one such assertion over at 1Up and come to the conclusion Rockstar may well be pushing an agenda, but not a gay one. You can read the full article we've written to discuss the phenomenon of allegedly pushing a gay agenda in GTA IV at 'GTA IV Pushing a Gay Agenda'. As always your thoughts are welcome.

Elizabeta Torres in GTA IV - Lesbian?

Is Elizabeta Torres a lesbian in GTA IV? Seems so. Yes you read it right, we think Elizabeta in GTA is a lesbian (ignoring those nails!). There are plenty of gay characters / references in GTA IV and it seems RockStar might have actually included a big ole dyke character.

Elizabeta Torres is a small-time drug dealer in Bohan. She's a big woman said to stand between 5'11-6'2" tall and weighing between 200-225 pounds. She's seen in game dancing with a woman and giving her a quick kiss.

We'll no doubt be having a few posts on GTA IV given it's the game of the moment and is covered in this weeks upcoming Gay Girls Who Game episode, so if you're not a GTA fan - sorry.