10 Queer Video Game Easter Eggs for Easter



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Happy Easter Weekend! I’m Jturn and this is my silly gaming deep dives channel. Today we’re going to take a walk through the world of queer video game easter eggs. They’ve got a long (tumultuous) history!

Like I mention in the video, this list definitely skews gay. If you’ve got a favourite non-gay easter egg, please feel free to share below because I’d love to put them into a future video!

Okay bye 🙂

This video would not have been possible without the LGBTQ Video Game Archive, a fantastic and fascinating resource.

The LGBTQ Video Game Archive documents the history of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer content in games (currently digital, with hopes to expand). The site is a research project organized by Adrienne Shaw, a faculty member at Temple University’s Lew Klein College of Media and Communication.

Visit it here: https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/

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SEXY READING LIST
Queer Easter Eggs and their Hierarchies of Play – Eric Andrew James, Game Studies
http://gamestudies.org/1803/articles/james

There’s a very gay easter egg in the new spider-man PS4 Game – Gayety Staff, Gayety
https://gayety.co/theres-a-very-gay-easter-egg-in-the-new-spider-man-ps4-game

Easter Eggs – LGBTQ Game Archive
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/category/easter-egg/

Gay Sims easter egg and controversy in SimCopter – LGBTQ Game Archive
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/08/31/gay-sims-easter-egg-and-controversy-in-simcopter/

Gay party in Playboy: The Mansion – LGBTQ Game Archive
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/11/12/gay-party-in-playboy-the-mansion/

Hugging Elite in Halo: Combat Evolved – LGBTQ Game Archive
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/09/04/hugging-elite-in-halo-combat-evolved/

Flea in Chrono Trigger – LGBTQ Game Archive
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/08/26/flea-in-chrono-trigger/

Tony from Earthbound/Mother 2 – LGBTQ Game arvhice
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/08/30/tony/

Gracie in Animal Crossing New Leaf https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2018/01/15/gracie-in-animal-crossing-new-leaf/

Relationship options in Bully – LGBTQ Game Archive
https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/11/09/relationship-options-in-bully/

Unnamed gay couple in Bioshock Infinite Burial at Sea https://lgbtqgamearchive.com/2015/11/24/unnamed-gay-couple-in-bioshock-infinite-burial-at-sea-episode-1/

Spider-Man PS4: How to Take a Selfie with the Pride Flag – Oscar Raymundo, OscarRaymundo.com
https://oscarraymundo.com/spider-man-ps4-pride-flag/

7 Trans-friendly Video Game Characters – Andrew Villagomez, Out
https://www.out.com/entertainment/popnography/2013/11/03/7-trans-friendly-video-game-characters

Yes, Tony is Gay. And My Saturn is Innocent – Earthbound Centra
https://earthboundcentral.com/2008/06/yes-tony-is-gay-and-mr-saturn-is-innocent/

Gay Book Store – The Last of Us 2 – Plus 2 Girls Part 7 – YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a5yxoo48Y4Y&ab_channel=GeekRemix

“GAY SPIDERMAN??? PS4 LGBTQ PRIDE Flag/Mural Secret Photo Location” – Black Mass, Youtube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8otshkHxrog&

“LGR – SimCopter – PC Game Review” – LGR, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x4mh7Pc5MSI&t=499s&ab_channel=LGR

“Chrono Trigger Boss #9 Flea” – Randomite, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwskOkyFY_E&ab_channel=Randomite

“Earthbound: Aftermatch (part 1/2) (130)” – BlueKnightNight, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=krkiihHA8Lc&ab_channel=BlueKnightNight

“Bully: Scholarship Edition: KISSING ALL GAY PEOPLE IN THE GAME!” – Phil Braxton, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEW19CwdrJo&ab_channel=PhilBraxton

“Burial At Sea #1: In Which A Gay Couple’s View Is Blocked” – ergman, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rqPXkPCMiWo&ab_channel=ergman

“ THE LAST OF US PART II [Ellie and Dina visit LGBTQI Book Shop – Dina’s naughty joke] PS4 PRO” – GamingIsFun, YouTube
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pJtBHM7HuTA&ab_channel=GamingIsFun

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26 thoughts on “10 Queer Video Game Easter Eggs for Easter”

  1. Ahh, there was a gay in the Digimon story: Cyber Sleuth. He received a bunch of pics of flowers so he ordered a sleuth to see into it, it turned out it was Lillymon taking selfies, so reporting back he said he didnt mind cause he is into boys only. <3

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  2. 🥤🥤🥤 cheers!

    Whether you want to consider it a "queer" easter egg or not, my personal favorite is Super Mario RPG's. It's played as a light hearted joke, but at a certain portion of the game, a quick time event occurs where Mario can kiss Princess Peach, but if he misses he ends up kissing Bowser instead 😂

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  3. I'm gonna go completely off topic and compliment your Hawaiian shirt! You have so many shirts that are my type of thing to wear! I'd ask where you get them but f@ck it just post me your entire wardrobe along with an invoice!

    And yet again another great and humorous video! Always looking forward to Sunday's now for your content!

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  4. "Male.. female… what's the difference?" as a bi man, I can really relate to that one. And I totally get the feeling on the Bioshock one. Seeing the LGBTQ+ represented as regular people, just being there together and not for any particular reason other than just existing as human beings in love is very effective, because, really, that's what we want to see.

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  5. Alba: A Wildlife Adventure, is a cute game that is based on a young girl who wants to make social change. So she gets to work on stopping developers turning her island into a massive tourist area with hotels, among recording local wildlife species and helping them out. Like unbeaching a dolphin etc. But at one point, you can look up among the apartments and see various Progressive Pride Flags. It was a stunning touch. The game also contributes to planting trees with proceeds from sales.

    I'm a fan.

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  6. 🥤 <3
    Thanks for bringing the LGBTQ Game Archive to my attention! I need to read up on Sabin in FFVI. I'd love to know if he's intentionally queer-coded, or if it was just a set of coincidences.

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  7. i really understand that feeling of being seen. more recently, i played the amazing game hades and i immediately noticed that all the characters referred to chaos with they/them pronouns and i was very touched because as a non-binary person i’ve seen 1 maybe 2 examples of representation in media so every piece of stuff like this really make me feel seen.

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