Society & Culture
Trigger Warnings:SurgeryOstracizationHomophobiaTransphobiaViolence towards people of the LGBT communityHypermasculinity~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/.CreditsSpecial Guest (G&S Specialist) : Klaus McHendryMonologue : Kyle MitchellSound Editing & Script : Cosmo CavanaughHosted by all the above, Anne Beaudoin, and Tracy MedcalfMusic “Stay” by Indi.https://soundcloud.com/indycloud/stay "Vintage Education" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Social MediaiTunes: goo.gl/bsW0Ab YouTube: goo.gl/3qMdwm Blog: goo.gl/3Y6NkO Twitter: goo.gl/vM5HUD SoundCloud: goo.gl/MjRcVt Reddit: goo.gl/6CcA7l Facebook: goo.gl/b0g3xA © 2015-2015 Geometric Octopus Some Rights Reservedhttp://feeds.feedburner.com/GeometricOctopusPodcast