Episode 20 - Psychroma & Raptor Boyfriend: The Games of Rocket Adrift

This week I’m joined by a returning guest, Lloyd_Lloydster (he/him), who’s here to help me cover a busy week of news stories! Headlines include how tariffs might affect the games industry, lots of Nintendo Switch 2 news, and how “Kingdom Come Deliverance II” has some queer representation! Plus so much more.

In the second half, it’s just me, as I talk about my thoughts and reactions to playing two very cool and very queer video games: “Psychroma” and “Raptor Boyfriend: A High School Romance.”

These games were developed by a small indie team called Rocket Adrift, who consist of trans, black, and neurodivergent game devs!

I’ve had a bunch of requests for more queer game recommendations, and both games are at the top of my list — come listen and find out why!

 

00:00:00 - Intro and What We’ve Been Playing

00:10:38 - News

00:57:57 - Psychroma Discussion

01:18:27 - Raptor Boyfriend Discussion

01:36:58 - Psychroma SPOILERS

 

This episode was recorded on February 9 2025.

 

***SPOILERS for Psychroma***

 

Sources:

https://www.ign.com/articles/trumps-tariffs-on-video-games-would-cause-significant-harm-to-everyday-americans-esa-warns

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/switch-2-price/

https://www.nintendo.com/successor/en-us/nintendo-direct/index.html

https://patentscope.wipo.int/search/en/detail.jsf?docId=WO2025027803

https://x.com/stealth40k/status/1887606216609706170?s=46&t=sVUrhNeL5EXDMRDpzdemfQ

https://www.theesa.com/entertainment-software-association-unveils-iicon-game-changing-thought-leader-summit-to-harness-the-power-of-interactive-entertainment-and-shape-the-future-of-business-and-culture/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/take-two-ceo-says-ai-could-increase-employment-and-productivity-as-long-as-ip-isnt-infringed/

https://www.pcgamer.com/games/rpg/kingdom-come-deliverance-2s-developer-is-fed-up-of-being-dragged-into-the-culture-war-it-seems-like-someone-is-always-trying-to-brand-us-somehow-and-we-are-just-trying-to-make-a-cool-videogame/