Hello! As regular readers will doubtless have spotted by now, all this week, Eurogamer has been marking Pride Month – on this, its 50th anniversary year in the UK – with a series of features celebrating the intersection of queer culture and gaming. It’s been an absolute privilege to have so many great writers share their enthusiasm, personal journeys, and visions of a hopeful future across the week, but for those that might have missed their musings, we’ve gathered everything together in one convenient place for your leisurely weekend perusal below.
Once again, many, many thanks again to our stellar contributors (in order of appearance): Sharang Biswas, Ed Nightingale, Lottie Lynn, Eli Cugini, Alex Meehan, Dr Lloyd (Meadhbh) Houston, Caelyn Ellis, Robert Purchese, and David Gaider. Additional thanks to Christian Donlan for his ever-invaluable assistance behind-the-scenes, and to Lucy Grimwood for her wonderful Pride Week artwork and logo.
Eurogamer will, of course, continue celebrating the achievements of, and highlighting issues that affect, the LGBTQIA+ community in gaming throughout the year, but rest assured we’ll be back with more Pride Month celebrations again in 2023. Until then, we sincerely hope you’ve enjoyed 2022’s Pride Week offerings, and I’d be remiss not to end this introduction by noting that Eurogamer’s Pride t-shirts are now back on sale – in two ravishing variants – with all profits being split between LGBTQIA+ charities Mermaids and Mind Out.
