It’s September, which means we’re on the cusp of an avalanche of new releases… but that also means an avalanche of new queer games! There’s basically one every week until the end of November! That’s wild right? I wonder what all those games are! What if there was a podcast that discussed all of these games in one convenient place? Oh wait! For the first half of the episode, it’s just me, and I also cover a bunch of headlines: Microsoft and The First Descendent are doing some scummy things with AI, PlayStation and Xbox have improved their offerings for once, Stardew Valley is getting yet another content update (does Concerned Ape sleep?), and a classic queer game got shadowdropped on modern platforms. Oh, and yes, there is more troublesome news on the payment processor/censorship front, because our descent into fascism hasn’t progressed far enough. In the second half, Bettie returns from episode 26 with her partner to compare and contrast the new Metal Gear Solid Delta remake with the original – and we also talk about exactly how gay everyone is! Also, there’s news on the future of the podcast! ;)   00:00:00 - Intro and Podcast Update 00:09:14 - Queer Games Releasing this Fall 00:29:30 - News 00:44:20 - Payment Processor Update 00:53:24 - Metal Gear Solid Delta Discussion   This episode was recorded on August 31 2025.   Queer Games Mentioned: Sept 8 - Quality Dreams, Reasonably Priced Sept 18 - Ratatan Sept 19 - Wander Stars Sept 25 - Sonic Racing CrossWorlds Oct 2 - Ghost of Yotei Oct 10 - Nomia Oct 16 - Pokémon Legends Z-A Oct 29 - Outer Worlds 2 Nov 6 - UNBEATABLE Nov 6 - Syberia Remastered Nov 13 - Love at the Milky Way Diner Nov 19 - Demonschool Nov TBA - Heartspell: Horizon Academy TBA 2025 - Frame of Mind: A game of thoughts TBA 2025 - Building Relationships TBA 2025 - Coffee Talk Tokyo TBA 2025 - Usual June TBA 2025 - Winter Burrow TBA 2025 - Hyrule Warriors: Age of Imprisonment   Sources: https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/08/demonschool-gets-last-minute-delay-to-avoid-silksong https://store.steampowered.com/app/3608900/NOMIA/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2113350/Heartspell_Horizon_Academy/ https://necrosoftgames.com/demonschool/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/1575810/Wander_Stars/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3660220/Syberia__Remastered/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/3008740/Winter_Burrow/ https://store.steampowered.com/app/2702430/Usual_June/ https://www.playstationlifestyle.net/2025/08/25/ps-store-game-refunds-made-easier-by-sony/ https://www.theverge.com/news/766762/microsoft-xbox-cloud-gaming-game-pass-core-standard-pc-games https://mobilegamer.biz/inside-king-layoff-lawsuits-toxic-leaders-toothless-ethics-teams-low-morale-and-mandatory-ai-use/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/they-stole-my-face-streamer-claims-the-first-descendant-ads-used-ai-to-make-it-look-like-hes-promoting-it/ https://www.nintendolife.com/news/2025/08/surprise-ps1-cult-classic-fear-effect-just-shadow-dropped-on-switch https://store.steampowered.com/app/3504570/Fear_Effect/ https://x.com/concernedape/status/1961864959484412104?s=46&t=sVUrhNeL5EXDMRDpzdemfQ https://automaton-media.com/en/news/steam-adult-game-programmer-has-account-frozen-by-paypal-80000-in-earnings-withheld/ https://www.reddit.com/r/LegalAdviceUK/comments/1mzsj8l/i_owe_a_massive_corporation_tax_bill_to_hmrc_and/ https://www.videogameschronicle.com/news/steam-now-requires-age-verification-in-the-uk-for-mature-game-pages/