Bargain Bin Gaymers

Bargain Bin Gaymers is the LGBTQ+ gaming podcast that looks after your wallet and your representation. Hosted by Davey and Mitch — two self-proclaimed gaymers from Melbourne, Australia — the show covers affordable video games, queer indie game developers, Nintendo and retro gaming, video game movies, and the latest news from across the LGBTQIA+ gaming community. Every episode, Davey and Mitch bring their honest, funny, and unapologetically queer perspective to: 🎮 Game reviews — from bargain bin finds to new releases worth your coin 🎬 Video game movie reviews — is it cinema-worthy or a wait-for-streaming? 🏳️‍🌈 Interviews with queer game developers, academics, and community figures 🕹️ Retro gaming deep dives and nostalgia trips 📰 Queer gaming news, pop culture, and community chat Whether you're a lifelong gaymer, an LGBTQ+ gamer looking for a community, or just someone who wants great game recommendations without breaking the bank, this is your show. New episodes drop twice a month. 🎙️ Find us everywhere: 🌐 Website: bargainbingaymer.com 💬 Discord: discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr ❤️ Support us on Patreon: patreon.com/bqn 📺 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@bargainbingaymers 🎮 Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/bargainbingaymer Bargain Bin Gaymers is part of the BQN Podcast Network, produced by Double T Media

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  Episode #15

  Let's Yap: PlayStation Blackout, GTA 6 Goes Behind a Netflix Paywall, and the Steam Machine Price Shock

  Aug 17, 20261 hourS4

  Mitch is back in the studio after several weeks of being aggressively unwell, which means he has actually finished some games for once. It is a yapisode, and August has given us plenty to yap about.Davey and Mitch cover what they have been playing, the news that has them both riled up, everything releasing before the end of August, and the bargains worth grabbing right now.What we have been playing: NieR: Automata on Switch 2, and Mitch's nine out of ten verdict on a game he describes as existential dread at 2am Bleach: Soul Resonance, finished, free, and not a cent spent Darksiders Warmastered Edition on Switch 2, currently $9.99 AUD, which is cheaper than a pint in Windsor Halo: Campaign Evolved, and why a 25 year old game holding up beautifully does not excuse $79 AUD and performance issues on base PS5 Pocopia and the Bubbly Basin DLC, which has dragged Davey right back in Duskfade, the double A love letter to PS2 era action platformers Agent 64: Spies Never Die, which Davey is calling the best way to play GoldenEye in 2026 Pro Jank Footy, the 16 bit AFL roguelike with Broden from Aunty Donna on commentary News of note: Sony doubles down on ending physical media, and the PS5 boxes now carrying an important notice sticker PlayStation Blackout, the week long boycott organised by preservation group Does It Play, running 23 to 30 August. Davey and Mitch are torn on whether it will achieve anything The GTA 6 extended look premiering exclusively on Netflix on 27 August before hitting YouTube six hours later, and why Mitch calls it the frog in the pot The Steam Machine launch, the eye watering pricing, and why neither of us had even heard about it Super Mario Sunshine arrives on Nintendo Switch Online Zelda movie casting news, including Uli Latukefu as Ganondorf Plus the full Release Radar for the rest of August and a Bargain Watchlist featuring the Telltale Choices Matter Festival, a Kingdom Hearts sale, and Beyond: Two Souls for $1.49 AUD. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr Support the BQN Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bqn Support BBG directly on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/bargainbingaymers

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  Episode #13

  The State of LGBTQIA+ Gaming in 2026: Where Did All the Queer Characters Go? (feat. Dr Xavier Ho)

  Jul 27, 202640 minS4

  Dr Xavier Ho returns for a second week running — same shirts, narrative continuity intact — for a proper conversation about where queer gaming actually sits in 2026. It's a topic week, not a yap week, and the topic is a big one. Mitch reckons he's simultaneously never been more represented and less represented. Davey has noticed the platforms, storefront features and Pride Month spotlights quietly disappearing. Xavier, fresh off six months of leave, has been playing nothing but indie games — and that's where all the queer stories are. In this episode: Where queer representation has gone: why the good stuff has been relegated to indies while AAA plays it safe The "quiet chill" — Gayming Magazine's Robin Gray going from 20+ awards sponsors to four or five, and storefront Pride features vanishing Shadow banning, age verification, and the itch.io/PayPal delisting that made queer adult content unsearchable and unsellable Why the tabletop and TTRPG scene is thriving where digital is struggling — and how it got safer after 2013 Discord's age verification problem for people who aren't out What good queer representation actually looks like: Mitch wants big, loud, memorable and unmissable; Xavier makes the case for slice-of-life (We Are OFK); Davey wants rebellion Where to actually find queer gaming spaces in Melbourne right now — including ACMI's long-running women and non-binary game nights The funding problem: devs literally relocating interstate to qualify for different grants Tell us what you think — join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr ❤️ Support the BQN Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bqn ☕ Support BBG directly on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/bargainbingaymers

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  Episode #12

  Let's Yap: Xbox Layoffs, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake & the Rise of Double-A Games (feat. Xavier Ho)

  Jul 20, 202651 minS4

  Dr Xavier Ho from Monash University returns to Bargain Bin Gaymers, and it's Yap Week at the Bulldog — three gaymers squeezed onto one couch, one associate producer named May, and enough industry talk to power a small game studio. Davey, Mitch and Xavier get into the news that's actually mattering right now: Microsoft cutting 3,200 Xbox jobs and spinning off Compulsion Games, Double Fine, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs. Is this the end of AAA as we know it — or the start of a proper double-A renaissance? In this episode: What everyone's been playing — Sunderfolk (Xavier's D&D-style party game), NieR: Automata (Mitch's philosophy homework), and Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake (Davey's current obsession) The Xbox reckoning — 3,200 jobs, four studios spun off, and whether Compulsion, Double Fine, Ninja Theory and Undead Labs are actually better off free Is gaming heading for another crash? Davey brings up the 1983 E.T. moment and asks whether GTA 6 could be the harbinger The double-A renaissance argument — why Gen Z doesn't care about photorealism and why the middle tier is where the best games are coming from Sony's tone-deaf social media moment — because reading the room is hard A packed Release Radar covering every game landing before end of July: Fading Echo, Tears of Metal, Avatar Legends, Disgaea Mayhem, Dino Blade (yes, a Souls-like where you're a Spinosaurus with a sword), Ronin, Splatoon Raiders, Final Fantasy X/X-2 HD, Halo Campaign Evolved, BloodRayne, Sextet, Mistfall Hunter, Truxton Extreme, and Xenoblade Chronicles X The Bargain Watch List: Xavier flags the Non-Binary Coded Games Steam Fest (running now) and the "Figuring It Out" itch bundle of queer identity novellas and short stories Xavier is back next week for a deep dive on the state of LGBTQIA+ gaming — subscribe so you don't miss it. Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr ❤️ Support the BQN Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bqn ☕ Support BBG directly on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/bargainbingaymers

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  Episode #10

  Physical vs Digital: Sony Kills the Disc, GTA 6 Goes Code in a Box, and What You Actually Own

  Jul 6, 20261h 14mS4

  Do you enjoy owning the things you pay for? Sony has other plans. This week Davey and Mitch dig into the biggest shake up gaming has seen in years: Sony announcing that physical disc production for all new PlayStation games ends from January 2028, GTA 6 launching in November with no disc at all (that pre order box you paid up to $159.95 AUD for contains a download code and a dream), and the PS3 and Vita digital storefronts closing in some markets from August 2026. The boys go full investigative journalism on the economics of it all: why pressing a disc costs cents, who actually pockets more when you buy digital, and why Sony has always hated the pre-owned market. Plus the environmental angle nobody agrees on, with one study saying discs are 100 times more carbon intensive and another saying the exact opposite, and the genuinely nuanced (drink!) conclusion that the greenest game you can buy is a second-hand disc from the very bargain bins this move is about to kill. Then it's a proper pros-and-cons showdown. True ownership, preservation and price competition versus instant access, convenience and the fact that digital distribution is the reason most queer indie games exist at all. The conversation gets real about deplatforming, payment processor pressure on Itch and Steam, and shadow banning of queer content, because when digital is the only copy, delisting can mean erasure. Also in this episode: Davey falls for The Adventures of Elliot: The Millennium Tales (the cozy JRPG that screams $45 but costs $90), Mitch grabs NieR:Automata The End of YoRHa Edition on Switch 2 for just $22 AUD, the Release Radar covers Moonlight Peaks, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Resynced, Granblue Fantasy: Relink, Digimon Story Time Strangers, Echoes of Aincrad, Palworld 1.0, Ascend to Zero and Dtopia, and the Bargain Watchlist rounds up the Steam Summer Sale, PlayStation's July Savings and the eShop's shockingly cheap Final Fantasy VII deals. All prices in beautiful Australian dollarydoos. It's Dry July! Davey is raising money for cancer research. Donate here: https://www.dryjuly.com/users/david-willett Support the show and the BQN Network at patreon.com/bqn or shout us a coffee at ko-fi.com/bargainbingaymers. Join the Discord: discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr

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  Episode #7

  Our Favourite Queer Characters in Gaming: A Pride Month Celebration

  Jun 29, 202647 minS4

  To round off Pride Month, Davey and Mitch get personal with an episode close to both their hearts: their favourite queer characters in gaming. From the ones that helped them figure themselves out to the queer-coded icons hiding in plain sight, this is a warm, funny, and genuinely reflective celebration of LGBTQIA+ representation in games. Characters we celebrate: Dorian, Sera and Krem from Dragon Age: Inquisition Ellie from The Last of Us Tyler Ronan from Tell Me Why, gaming's first trans protagonist from a major studio Vivian from Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door Zagreus and Melinoë from Hades Judy Alvarez (Cyberpunk 2077), Steve Cortez and Kaidan Alenko (Mass Effect) Queer-coded legends: Sander Cohen, Birdo, Sheik, Bayonetta and a very flamboyant corner of Pokémon Plus a deep cut: Caper in the Castro, possibly the first ever LGBTQ video game (1989) It's Pride Month, queerness is under attack in parts of the world, and talking about queer people out and proud will always be a revolution. We're queer, and we're not going anywhere. Who are your favourites? Get in touch on Discord, socials, or email bargainbingaymer@gmail.com. 💬 Join our Discord: https://discord.gg/fqC2FeHSUr ❤️ Support the BQN Network on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bqn ☕ Support BBG directly on Ko-fi: https://ko-fi.com/bargainbingaymers

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