The Legend of GayBlade

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Post by polm23 » Sat, Aug 29, 2020, 5:08 AM UTC

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Post by jonny_eh » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 8:06 PM UTC

As mentioned in the article, this was covered in the Netflix doc series High Score (episode 3): https://www.netflix.com/title/81019087

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Post by userbinator » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 9:27 PM UTC

I thought this would be related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyblade , but actually predates that by a few years.

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Post by skc » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 9:36 PM UTC

jonny_eh wrote: post #2

As mentioned in the article, this was covered in the Netflix doc series High Score (episode 3): https://www.netflix.com/title/81019087

Yes, found that docu-series highly frustrating because they left out so much.

But I suppose there was only so much time.

Re: The Legend of GayBlade

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Post by bap » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 9:59 PM UTC

userbinator wrote: post #3

I thought this would be related to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beyblade , but actually predates that by a few years.

Perhaps this: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zorro,_The_Gay_Blade

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Post by Nacdor » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 10:03 PM UTC

skc wrote: post #4

jonny_eh wrote: post #2

As mentioned in the article, this was covered in the Netflix doc series High Score (episode 3): https://www.netflix.com/title/81019087

Yes, found that docu-series highly frustrating because they left out so much. But I suppose there was only so much time.

It never claimed to be an exhaustive history of the video game industry so I'm not sure why so many people levy this criticism against it. It reminds me of the G4 show called Icons, with each episode covering a specific game, developer or piece of gaming hardware.

I thought it did a great job of covering the topics that were chosen. It wasn't quite as good as The Toys That Made Us but it was still very enjoyable if you're into video games and I really hope they're making another season.

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Post by Lammy » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 10:08 PM UTC

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Post by leeoniya » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 10:34 PM UTC

wonder if this was an inspiration for

https://drawntogether.fandom.com/wiki/Xandir

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Post by valuearb » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 10:39 PM UTC

Is this Gaytekeeping?

“ One thing to say though, is that perhaps you should be careful to have an accurate historical record? Queer theory did not exist until ~mid 1990s, so perhaps none of these games are LGBTQIA+ — they’re Gay and Lesbian works.”

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Post by prvc » Sun, Aug 30, 2020, 10:48 PM UTC

Feels like a submarine ad for Netflix.