Everyone knows Samantha Béart as the incredible talent behind everyone’s favourite 7-foot-something, hot-as-hell tiefling, Karlach. But even before they stepped into that mocap suit and took on the role of Baldur’s Gate 3’s barbarian companion, Béart (who uses the pronouns she/they) had an interest in the performing arts since childhood.

With an appreciation for a medium that brings so much joy to gamers, it’s no surprise that your favourite actor may no longer actually be someone you see at your local cinema for the season’s biggest blockbuster, but the person behind your most treasured video game character. For the gays, the girlies, and the allies, that person is Jennifer English.

If there’s one thing Baldur’s Gate 3 fans know, it’s this: Lae’zel and Shadowheart do not get along. That can supposedly change, but it’s hard to imagine Larian Studios’ biggest RPG to date coming close to the cheerful friendship between their actors, Devora Wilde and Jennifer English.

In space, everyone is welcome. Aimee Hart speaks to Sarah Northway from Northway Games about creating a queer, sci-fi world where trans and queer players can thrive!

Artificial intelligence is only getting bigger and better. But after the success of a fan-made mod that has Geralt's voice generated by an AI, voice actors have started to feel more and more threatened by this technology.

My friends and I have a small game that we play whenever there’s a female LGBT character involved in anything we watch or play together. It’s called ‘is that Ashly Burch?’ and has often led us to wonder if there is perhaps some sort of conspiracy theory where Burch is magnetically pulled towards LGBT characters within mainstream media.

“Hacking” might be a scary word to some people, especially when it comes to multiplayer gaming, but the word itself has a broad definition.

As a young queer woman, often I have to ask myself what media I want to consume in my video games. Luckily, there’s an increasingly popular genre of video games that I've found myself drawn to: visual novels.

Bushiroad’s BanG Dream has taken the West by storm since it was released in April this year. Based off the BanG Dream franchise that kicked off in Japan in 2015, the mobile game follows the story of five girl bands: Poppin’Party, Afterglow, Roselia, Hello Happy World, and Pastel*Palettes.

HeyPoorPlayer's Aimee Hart had the chance to sit down and speak with Mary Kirby, a writer of BioWare's and the co-author of the upcoming novel, Hard in Hightown.