Episode 24 - Steam Next Fest: We Played Lots of LGBTQ+ Demos!

Ekamy and I played a lot of queer game demos this week, as part of Steam Next Fest!

This week's headlines include the future of “The Last of Us” series, tariffs affecting physical media, Fable got delayed, Dragon Age: The Veilguard is being given out for FREE (kinda), and much more!

Steam’s Next Fest is a big deal, because there’s always lots of upcoming indie games to try — which means brand new LGBTQ+ games!! We played a bunch of them and share our thoughts! See timecodes for specific games.

ALSO: I’ve introduced a new segment going forward: Queer Game of the Week! Tune in to hear all about Ekamy’s pick, and the criteria for what qualifies! Each week, the show will highlight a different queer game, so don’t miss it!

 

00:00:00 - Intro

00:03:05 - News

00:36:56 - Steam Next Fest

00:39:04 - Truer Than You

00:43:50 - Paper Trails: A Scrapbooking Story

00:49:05 - Monster Prom 4: Monster Con

00:56:05 - Toward Dawn

01:07:15 - Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced

01:17:00 - Tempopo

01:22:43 - A Pizza Delivery

01:28:21 - Couple Maker

01:31:25 - Queer Game of the Week: Tacoma

 

This episode was recorded on March 6 2025.

 

Sources:

https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/the-last-of-us-season-2-abby-video-game-changes-backlash-1236327786/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/trump-tariffs-threaten-the-future-of-physical-video-games-analyst-warns/

https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/trudeau-trump-trade-war-deal-1.7476311

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/xbox-has-officially-delayed-fable-to-2026-its-definitely-worth-the-wait/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/warner-bros-is-reportedly-closing-three-game-studios-and-canceling-wonder-woman/

https://blog.playstation.com/2025/02/26/playstation-plus-monthly-games-for-march-dragon-age-the-veilguard-sonic-colors-ultimate-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-the-cowabunga-collection/

https://x.com/concernedape/status/1894884302552436799?s=46&t=sVUrhNeL5EXDMRDpzdemfQ

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/activision-taps-ai-for-sneak-peek-at-possible-guitar-hero-call-of-duty-and-crash-bandicoot-games/

https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/sega-promises-fewer-new-games-but-deeper-investments-in-sonic-atlus-and-like-a-dragon/