Bargain Bin Gaymers

Davey and Mitch
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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 chatWhether 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

  1. 1d ago

    Let's Yap: Gamescom, Sony's Worst Week Yet, and Mario Kart 8 Gets Eight Player Split Screen (feat. Jake)

    Jake from the Melbourne Gaymers joins Davey and Mitch on the couch for the September yapisode, two vodka Cokes deep and ready to go. September is the business end of 2026 and there is a lot to get through. What we have been playing:Jake on Fallout 76, which is apparently good now, and replaying Halo one through five on Legendary in split screenMitch on Darksiders Warmastered Edition, Mark Hamill, and the sexy part of Catholicism. Plus a Bloodborne replay and the case for it being a top three gameDavey on picking up Grand Theft Auto 5 for $20 on disc at JB Hi-Fi, thirteen years after he last played it, and worrying he will be over GTA before NovemberEverspace 2 on Switch 2, the three endings of The Adventures of Elliot, and why Davey has turned on Duskfade after being excited about itNews of note:Mario Kart 8 Deluxe gets a surprise Switch 2 update out of nowhere, with 4K output and eight player split screen on one consoleGamescom, and everyone's picks: Stage Tour from the original Guitar Hero team, Rainbow Six Tactics, Gears of War E-Day, Crazy Taxi World Tour, Fable, RollerCoaster Tycoon, Silent Hill Townfall and moreWitcher 3 Remastered, free if you already own the game, and why CD Projekt Red has set a bar everyone else is falling short ofMitch on the soulslike problem, and why he is done with games that rip off Dark Souls with barely a change of paintThe PlayStation State of Play, where the best part was the live chat. Sony killing physical media, the shift from buying to leasing, and a PlayStation 1 Lego set that is about as useful as a Blu-ray player in 2028Xbox disc to digital, how it actually works, and whether it is a genuine consumer win or just warming us up for a digital only futureDelisted games, Pokémon Home behind a paywall, and what any of us actually ownPlus the full Release Radar for 8 to 22 September, and a Bargain Watchlist featuring A Plague Tale: Innocence at 90 percent off, Cyberpunk 2077 on Switch 2 for $50, and Inside for $3.50. Jake is back next episode to talk about gaming as adults with non gaming partners. 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

    Let's Yap: Gamescom, Sony's Worst Week Yet, and Mario Kart 8 Gets Eight Player Split Screen (feat. Jake)

  2. Sep 2

    A Dating App for Queer Gamers: Kevin on Building Gamily

    Davey is flying solo one more time, and this week he is talking to someone building something that arguably should have existed years ago. Kevin is the founder of Gamily, a dating and friendship app built for gamers with LGBTQIA people front and centre. He built it with his husband Will and their co-founder Gabe, starting as a nights-and-weekends project during the pandemic, on the premise that the best way to get to know somebody is by playing with them. In this episode: What Gamily is, who it is for, and the gap Kevin saw between apps for gay people, apps for straight people that merely allow gay people, and apps for nerdsWhy there is both a dating mode and a friends mode, and why they are kept completely separateSqueezing into a crowded dating app market, and why niche apps are having a momentWhat people are actually looking for when they want a partner who games, and why being able to pretend together as adults is rarer than it should beHow the matching works, from the four games you are playing right now to unlimited favourites, board games and genres, with conversation starters built inThe technical challenge of designing gender identity properly, so it is not just man seeking man or man seeking womanWhy Gamily does not sell data, track users or run ads, and why that matters more when your users hold vulnerable identitiesWhere the app is now, why New York City is the current focus, and what it would take to reach AustraliaSuccess stories so far, including a Valorant team and a queer streamer squadThe feedback that genuinely surprised him, and what it says about what people will trade for freeWhy marketing turned out to be the hardest part, and the message that finally workedPlus Kevin on EarthBound, The Binding of Isaac and Mario Kart, and a pile of shame that includes 80 hours of Elden Ring and 75 per cent of Clair Obscur: Expedition 33. Gamily is available now in the US and Canada at gamilyapp.com, and on Instagram at @gamilyapp.  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

    A Dating App for Queer Gamers: Kevin on Building Gamily

  3. Aug 30

    Reacting to the GTA 6 Extended Look. Consider Us Advertised

    A bonus drop. Davey and Mitch were not supposed to record this week, but Rockstar dropped a nearly 30 minute Grand Theft Auto 6 Extended Look on Netflix and there was no way around it. Recorded on Davey's couch on Sunday afternoon, immediately after watching it together. Unstructured, unfiltered, and genuinely conflicted. In this episode:The Netflix exclusive that lasted about six minutes before the whole thing was everywhere anywayMitch's verdict after his first viewing: consider him advertised, but not soldWhy it looks phenomenal, and why it also looks extremely familiarThe 30fps confirmation, the missing performance mode, and what "for now" tends to meanThe Watch Dogs effect, the Cyberpunk comparison, and whether a showcase is ever an honest picture of a finished gameJason and Lucia, the seamless character swapping, and a relationship you have to actually maintainThe corrupt task force, Mendez, and GTA doing what GTA always does with law enforcementWhether anything here is a genuine evolution or a very expensive GTA 5 that looks betterThe bigger worry: a game this universal being used to push digital only, no physical, and the argument currently in court that buying a game does not mean owning itAustralian classification, and why drug use as a gameplay perk is still the line the board drawsGTA's tumultuous history with LGBTQIA representation, and what it means to release this game in 2026Davey on week one of PlayStation Blackout, and the awkward timing of all thisPlus the real November question: GTA 6 or the Ocarina of Time remake? We want to hear from you. Are you a day one buyer? Is this enough of an evolution to be worth it? Leave a comment on YouTube or come and argue with us in the Discord. 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

    Reacting to the GTA 6 Extended Look. Consider Us Advertised

  4. Aug 24

    Why Are Tabletop RPGs So Queer with Joel Medina

    Davey is flying solo again, and this week the show goes somewhere it has only ever skirted the edges of. Joel Medina is a writer for GAYMING Magazine and the Los Angeles Blade, and a dedicated tabletop RPG player. In this episode: What actually happens at a TTRPG session.The imagination problem, and why "I'm not creative enough" is the wrong reason to stay awayThe biggest misconception about TTRPG spaces.What Stranger Things got right and wrong about Dungeons and DragonsWhy campaigns run so long.It is not all high fantasy. Call of Cthulhu, Monster of the Week, Girl by Moonlight, and systems built for horror, sci-fi, romance and dramaWhy the community always needs more Dungeon Masters.The inherent queerness of TTRPGs.How to actually get started, with podcast recommendations, Discord servers and groups worth looking up in LA, Melbourne and across Australia Find Joel's work at GAYMING Magazine and the Los Angeles Blade. 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

    Why Are Tabletop RPGs So Queer with Joel Medina

  5. Aug 17

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

    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 2amBleach: Soul Resonance, finished, free, and not a cent spentDarksiders Warmastered Edition on Switch 2, currently $9.99 AUD, which is cheaper than a pint in WindsorHalo: Campaign Evolved, and why a 25 year old game holding up beautifully does not excuse $79 AUD and performance issues on base PS5Pocopia and the Bubbly Basin DLC, which has dragged Davey right back inDuskfade, the double A love letter to PS2 era action platformersAgent 64: Spies Never Die, which Davey is calling the best way to play GoldenEye in 2026Pro Jank Footy, the 16 bit AFL roguelike with Broden from Aunty Donna on commentaryNews of note: Sony doubles down on ending physical media, and the PS5 boxes now carrying an important notice stickerPlayStation 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 anythingThe 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 potThe Steam Machine launch, the eye watering pricing, and why neither of us had even heard about itSuper Mario Sunshine arrives on Nintendo Switch OnlineZelda movie casting news, including Uli Latukefu as GanondorfPlus 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

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

  6. Aug 2

    Nocturnals: Cacti Coast, Companions and Cannibals with Max and Pablo from Cowboy Toad Games

    Davey is flying solo at for a chat with two guests who are, frankly, serious gamer couple goals. Max and Pablo are Cowboy Toad Games, the boyfriend team behind 2024's Nocturnals, the game that kicked off this podcast's love affair with LGBTQIA+ developed games. They're back with the sequel, Nocturnals: Cacti Coast, currently in development for a 2027 release. Max returns for his second appearance on the show, and Pablo joins for the first time. In this episode: What it actually feels like to have your partner make a video game as a love letter to you, and why Pablo says the more valuable thing was the two of them landing their dream jobThe moment they realised Nocturnals was going to be a career and not just a passion projectThe new companion system: characters who travel with you, whose interests sometimes conflict, and who can be absent from your playthrough entirelyChoosing where to go, including the slaughterhouse, and why location choice makes each player's story their ownKeeping Ted grounded while adding stealth, because he's a scared young man and not James BondWriting characters who are so closely based on yourselves that a fan wiki lists Ted and Diego as a real couple living in CornwallMeeting Izzy, the bratty new companion voiced by Max's little sister, plus Randy and MariaThe lessons from the first game's spaghetti code, and how better organisation now means a dialogue change takes three seconds instead of a re-renderPlaytesting revelations, including the friend who kept walking straight into the cannibalsHow Pablo's soundtrack is evolving: real instruments, proper software, and recurring character motifs this time aroundWhy Cacti Coast is worth the wait to 2027, and what the extra time buys, including localisation, mobile done properly from the ground up, and Ted's journal systemThe relationship question: how do you run a business, ship a game and stay boyfriends? Areas of responsibility, honest expectations, and a hard stop at the end of the working dayPlay the original Nocturnals on Steam or mobile, and follow Cacti Coast development on the Cowboy Toad Games Discord. 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

    Nocturnals: Cacti Coast, Companions and Cannibals with Max and Pablo from Cowboy Toad Games

  7. Jul 27

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

    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 safeThe "quiet chill" — Gayming Magazine's Robin Gray going from 20+ awards sponsors to four or five, and storefront Pride features vanishingShadow banning, age verification, and the itch.io/PayPal delisting that made queer adult content unsearchable and unsellableWhy the tabletop and TTRPG scene is thriving where digital is struggling — and how it got safer after 2013Discord's age verification problem for people who aren't outWhat 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 rebellionWhere to actually find queer gaming spaces in Melbourne right now — including ACMI's long-running women and non-binary game nightsThe 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

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

  8. Jul 20

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

    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 freeIs gaming heading for another crash? Davey brings up the 1983 E.T. moment and asks whether GTA 6 could be the harbingerThe double-A renaissance argument — why Gen Z doesn't care about photorealism and why the middle tier is where the best games are coming fromSony's tone-deaf social media moment — because reading the room is hardA 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 XThe 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

    Let's Yap: Xbox Layoffs, Assassin's Creed Black Flag Remake & the Rise of Double-A Games (feat. Xavier Ho)
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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 chatWhether 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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  • Creator
    Davey and Mitch
  • Years Active
    2023 - 2026
  • Episodes
    63
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © Double T Media
  • Show Website
    Bargain Bin Gaymers