Episode 4: Skewed Images

Geometric Octopus Podcast

Trigger Warnings:
Surgery
Ostracization
Homophobia
Transphobia
Violence towards people of the LGBT community
Hypermasculinity

~Please be a responsible listener.~
In this second installment of our gender and sexuality mini-series, we continue the conversation about LGBTQ+ representation in the media, touching upon About Ray and Stonewall on one hand, and Metroid, Deadpool, and Undertale on the other.
Spoiler alert: Disclosed are certain ending details of The Matrix series. And the New Testament.
If you didn't catch it, here's a recap of things we think you should go find: After hours specials on The Matrix at Cracked.com, meta, and Undertale, a retro-styled indy game that gives multiple paths towards victory. Notably, the game refers to the player with they/them pronouns and gives positive non-binary representation. According to Anne, it’s “fukn g9.”
To read more on women in the videogame industry and female gamers, check out https://www.superdataresearch.com/blog/why-all-gamers-matter/.
Get moar Klaus at http://thenicklauseffect.tumblr.com/.
Credits
Special Guest (G&S Specialist) : Klaus McHendry
Monologue : Kyle Mitchell
Sound Editing & Script : Cosmo Cavanaugh
Hosted by all the above, Anne Beaudoin, and Tracy
Music
“Stay” by Indi.
https://soundcloud.com/indycloud/stay
"Vintage Education" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)
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