
Talk: Surprisingly Human: How Inclusive Speedrunners Create Safe Competitive Gaming Spaces Talk: LongStory: Thinking about Polyamorous Possibility and Queer Dating Sim Game Design Microtalks and roundtable: I am burned out, tired, and thousands of dollars in debt: A Post-Mortem on Game Design Graduate School Talk: Design Bleed: A community affirming game design methodology Talk: A Cross-Game Look at Transgender Representation in Video Games Talk & play session: Gaymers: Bootlezzing the Archives Talk: Loving Machines: Queer Desire and the Human/Object Distinction in the Games of Christine Love Talk: Queer as Folk(lore): Embodying Queer Lore and Healing Queer Histories via the Role-Playing Game Talk: Playing with Ourselves: The Rise of Picrew, and Its Limits Talk: The Squishiness of Time: Neuroqueerness and Comfort Games Talk: “my GENDER is a flickering neon VACANCY sign”: The Visual Novel and the Fragmented ‘Vacant’ Queer Time of GENDERWRECKED Workshop: Queer & Indigenous Games: A Pedagogical Workshop Talk: Sexy and Still Macho Dudes: Techniques of Sexual Representations in Japanese Gay Amateur Games

Talk: How to Fail at Caper in the Castro: Gaming, Young Adult Literature, and HIV/AIDSĭiscussion: How Inclusivity Saved The Sims Performance: How Making Videogames Turned Me Into a Depressed Gay Communist Talk: Gaming Reborn: Queer Play and Pleasure in Pokemon Fan Mods Workshop: Games Take it to the Runway: The Impact of Fashion on the Experiences of Queer Gamers Roundtable: Queer Game Studies for Whom?: Building Ethical Collaborations between Scholars, Developers, and Communities Talk: Being Queer™️ Online: Game Live Streaming, Queer Performance, and Digital Labor Talk: “Watching My Boyfriend Play…”: Girlfriend Reviews, Automedia & Re-Writing the Gendered Scripts of Spectatorship in Video Game Self-Broadcasting

Workshop: Non-Visible Identities: Telling Queer Stories in Interface and Technical Games Talk: On the Queer Revolutionary Potential of Relationship Anarchy and Affinity Games Panel: Fluid Desires: Ejaculation, Menstruation, Excrement, and Blood in Queer Game Studies Talk: Quietly Queer: The Contradictions of Visibility in Games Education and Equity Work


Talk: Passing, Pass, Past – Conundrums of community and isolation in making Shrug Island Roundtable: Transferable Skills Roundtable (Or, How To Orbit The Games Industry Without Burning Out On Re-Entry) Talk: Your Problematic Fave: On Care and Criticism in Representing Marginalized Communities Talk: Games for the End of the World Talks, panels, workshops, and post-mortems We are honoured to present a variety of wonderful speakers and presenters from across academia, industry, activism, and the arts! Stay tuned for links to speaker bios and abstracts as well as the conference schedule.
