Gay for Play: A Video Game Podcast
Welcome to Gay for Play! A podcast about all things queer in the world of video games, pop culture, and beyond.👾🏳️🌈🎮💖 ~ Hosted by Eric Solis & Laurence Turner-Cordova ~ In each episode we take a video game or gaming topic and look at it through a queer lens—discussing LGBTQ+ representation, queer themes, cultural significance, and what the games we love have to tell us about the LGBTQIA+ experience at large. Whether you're a lifelong gamer or have even just a passing interest in gaming, join us each episode as we kiki over our favorite games!
Episodes
100 episodes
Laurio and SonEric at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games
Bonsoir! Bienvenue à PARIS!This week we set aside video games in favor of OLYMPIC games, as we are joined by the lovely Gerry Tonella (Olympic gold medalist in the sport of "being Eric's cutie-patootie boyfriend") to discuss the games of th...
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Our BRAT Summer of Paper Mario and Relaxation
Are we still a video game podcast? Well, sorta kinda! That, pop culture, and beyond as we say, (with an emphasis on the latter two lately...) But still, it's a question we find we are asking ourselves lately! tbh, We find it a little difficult ...
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1:40:42
Challengers: Wii Sports Tennis if it Slayed
We've been Nasty girls for sitting on this episode for a couple weeks, but we are back! This week we discuss Luca Guadagnino's bisexual fever dream smash hit CHALLENGERS, as well as Another Crab's Treasure - a cute undersea Souls-like ...
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1:30:04
Evangelion: 1.6 You Can (Not) Stardew (w/ Sara Brown)
Get in the robot, listener, it's time for another Gay for Play! This week we're joined by bestie of the pod and G4P alum, Sara Brown! We get deep and philosophical about the re-release (and first North American release) of The End of Evangelion...
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1:18:11
Throwing Cards the House Down in "Balatro" and "Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth"
It's all aces this week as Eric and Laurence chitchat about all the culture and games they've been playing this month. Final Fantasy VII: Rebirth, the hotly anticipated follow-up to 2020's FF7 Remake. Rebirth reunites us with ...
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"As a Trans Man with Dyscalculia..." (w/ Leo Grierson)
Time marches ever onward, and here we are, with our first episode of 2024!Back in January (sorry for the delay, it's been a busy start to the year for us) we sat down with one of our OG G4P guests and dear dear friend Leo Grierson to discus...
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1:26:04
Eric, Laur, & The Great GOTYs of 2023
"The GOTYs, said to portend... untold slayage, and the end of the *year*~"2023 is over! And we find ourselves at the end of a truly landmark year for gaming. On this episode we discuss some of our favorite games of 2023. We each pic...
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1:59:39
Catching Up for our 3-Year Pod Anniversary
We back y'all. This week Eric and Laurence hop back on the mics after a much needed break & discuss gaming ruts, our teacher-eras, the end of the actor's strike, AI, some light predictions for the Game Awards (we recorded this episode 2 day...
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1:46:28
Gay For Role-Play: Fall 2023s Biggest RPGs
Autumn has officially begun, and with it, massive Role-Playing Games have arisen as some of hottest games of the season. We're leaning into this genre trend this week and discussing 4 games we've been playing! -First we have the stellar new...
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1:41:03
Mutha Courage and Her Beyhive - Renaissance World Tour (w/ Eriel Brown)
It's Virgo('s Groove) Season and we have been blessed by the queen! Beyoncé Knowles (female pop vocalist) Carter brought her record-breaking, epic, indelible Renaissance World Tour to Los Angeles, California earlier this month, and we were ther...
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1:28:28
Dungeons & Dragons! (w/ Steven Christie)
You and your party stumble across a new episode of G4P! Go ahead and roll for initiative~Baldur's Gate 3 is currently the hottest new RPG in the gaming world right now. Only problem is, none of us have played it yet! So on this week's e...
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1:33:29
Princess Mononoke & Studio Ghibli's Influence on Zelda
This week, Eric and Laurence discuss the 1997 Studio Ghibli Classic, Princess Mononoke and discuss how it had so much more of an impact on the latest Zelda games than we had previously been aware of. We also get into some of our other ...
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1:10:56
Pikmin 4: The Best Thing Since Fresh Basil (w/ Matthew Pezzulich)
This week we are joined by our friend Matthew Pezzulich (he/him) to discuss PIKMIN 4: the latest entry in the beloved Nintendo franchise about little guys doing silly little tasks at the end of the world (and in that sense, aren't we all Pikmin...
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1:48:00
Tiers of the Kingdom (LIVE SHOW with Super Dating Simulator!)
This super special episode is a recording of our live show from this past June with SUPER DATING SIMULATOR @ the Alamo Drafthouse's Video Vortex in Downtown LA!!! It was such a blast to be a part of, and now that Hot Labor Summer (the WGA and S...
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1:34:01
Summer Gay Fest! (Our Favorite June Game Announcements)
This week it's back to business after the incredible joy and success our first ever live show in LA last weekend! Eric and Laurence debrief on our show with Super Dating Simulator and the weekend at large before diving into our main topic: JUNE...
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1:33:20
The Legend of Zelda: Queers of the Kingdom
It's Pride month once again, and what better way to kick off the celebrations than by diving paraglider-first into a hearty discussion on one of the biggest and best games of the year. It's Zelda time!!! Our favorite androgynous femmebo...
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1:40:11
One Last Culture Kiki Before Tears of the Kingdom! (w/ Bijou Bentley)
Hi divas! (May we call you divas?) It’s an exciting week here at Gay For Play. We recorded this episode mere days before the release The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom, an event bound to dominate gaming culture for the foreseeable future...
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1:18:56
STAR WARS: "What is a Jedi if not a Gay Catholic?"
(*Well, Catholic-coded at least...)An episode a long time in the making in a galaxy right, right here: this week, we're finally discussing STAR WARS! Our friend Jake Carlin joins us to talk all about the supermassive media franchise bor...
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2:21:26
The Super Mario Bros. Movie (w/ Connor Marsh)
Mushroom Kingdom, heeere we come!Today we're joined by a bestie of the pod, our theme song composer Connor Marsh, to discuss the long-awaited Super Mario Bros. Movie! And speaking of long-awaited Nintendo things: mere hours...
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1:12:01
The Last of Us Part 3: The TV Show (Season 1) w/ Becca Rowland
"Joel is sooo babygirl-coded."This week we're joined by our friend Becca Rowland, who first guested on our original The Last of Us episode, to discuss the stellar HBO adaptation of Naughty Dog's beloved 2013 video game. We knew...
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1:32:54
The Nintendo 3DS: In Memoriam
We're gathered here today to mourn & celebrate the life of a video game console, Nintendo's last handheld-only device, the small but mighty Nintendo 3DS.As of March 27th, 2023, the Nintendo eShop for the 3DS and Wii U will be offici...
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The 2022 Video Game, Pop Culture, and Beyond Awards
It's Awards Season, and you know what that means: it's time for us to once again honor the best and the gayest in gaming, pop culture, and beyond with the second annual VGPCBAs!Spanning 27 prestigious categories, Eric and Laurence prese...
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1:15:28
Let's-a-Go to Super Nintendo World!
We are back! After a quick hiatus, Eric & Laurence are back to chat all about their trip to Super Nintendo World at Universal Studios Hollywood, which they visited back in January 2023 during its technical previews. Now, while this ep. may ...
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