Queer Game Narrative in My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant

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My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant follows the adventures of Captain Tycho Minogue as he fights to save the galaxy from impending doom at the hands of none other than his ex-boyfriend. The vast majority of the characters in the game are gay (including the player-character Captain Minogue) and its dialogue is laden with sexual banter. The game frequently draws on campy imagery and humor as the story progresses, with the developer Luke Miller aiming to make a sci-fi game that was “unashamedly gay”. A trailer for the game can be viewed here.

LGBTQ references in this game:

Queer Game Narrative in My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant

Citations

  1. Up Multimedia. (2013). My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant (game page). Up Multimedia (website). Retrieved from http://www.um.com.au/spaceout/
  2. (n.d.). List of video games with LGBT characters. Wikipedia. Retrieved from https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_video_games_with_LGBT_characters
  3. Andrew Webster. (2013, June 6). Why ‘My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant’ is ‘the gayest game ever made’. The Verge. Retrieved from https://www.theverge.com/2013/6/6/4400922/my-ex-boyfriend-the-space-tyrant-the-gayest-game-ever-made
  4. (2014, July 21). My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant. Steam (Webstore). Retrieved from http://store.steampowered.com/app/312970/My_ExBoyfriend_the_Space_Tyrant/
  5. Up Multimedia. (2013, May 28). My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant v1.5 Trailer. Vimeo. Retrieved from https://vimeo.com/67110192