Melbourne Queer Games Festival
| Melbourne Queer Games Festival | |
|---|---|
 MQGF 2018 banner | |
| Genre | LGBTIQ+ Game Festival |
| Location(s) | Melbourne, Australia |
| Years active | 3 |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Website | mqgf |
The Melbourne Queer Games Festival is an annual LGBT game festival held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.[1] It was founded in 2018 and is held in October as a part of the Melbourne International Games Week. It showcases video and tabletop games from around the world that feature LGBT gameplay elements[2][3]
The festival is volunteer led and in addition to appealing to the queer gaming community and raise the profile of queer games,[4] they're working toward reclaiming the phrase "gay games".[5][6]
Format
The festival publishes a showcase of games submitted, a livestream of games being played, and a series of juried awards and launched with fifty games in its inaugural year.[7][8] In 2018 it ran a "Bring It Back" event highlighting an older game, Lesbian Spider-Queens of Mars.
Jury-voted awards
The Festival recognizes several categories of awards: technical, jury, bronze, silver and gold.[7][9]
| Gold Medal | Silver Medal |
|---|---|
|
|
| Bronze Medal | Technical Award |
|
|
| Special Jury Prize | |
| |
References
- ^ "Home Page: Melbourne Queer Game Festival". mqgf.com.au. 17 February 2021.
- ^ "Submissions now open for Melbourne Queer Games Festival". 18 August 2018.
- ^ Takahashi, Dean (31 August 2018). "Melbourne festival showcases Australia's impressive game dev growth". VentureBeat. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "'Melbourne Queer Games Festival' Is On October 22–23". Explosion Network | Independent Australian Reviews, News, Podcasts, Opinions. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Segments: Get the Inside Scoop on Melbourne Queer Games Festival on Breakfasters' GameChangers — Triple R 102.7FM, Melbourne Independent Radio". www.rrr.org.au. 102.7 FM. 9 October 2019. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ Sarrubba, Stefania (4 September 2018). "Melbourne Queer Games Festival calls for LGBTI games". Gay Star News. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ a b "The first Melbourne Queer Games Festival will be showcasing over 50 queer games". SciFiMonkeys.com. 21 October 2018. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ DeAnda, Michael Anthony. "Masculinities in Games for Gay Male Audiences - ProQuest". search.proquest.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Melbourne Queer Games Festival 2020 award-winning, shortlisted titles named". 7 October 2020.
- ^ K, Rebecca (29 April 2020). "Arcade Spirits | Review". Mental Health Gaming. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ "Queer indie games deserve more recognition". www.hebergementwebs.com. Retrieved 15 March 2021.
- ^ "Queer indie games deserve more recognition". Times News Express. 20 January 2021. Retrieved 17 March 2021.
- ^ Korkmaz, Yigit E (7 October 2020). "Queer Olympix's computer game Cosmic Room gets an award from Melbourne!". Kaos GL - News Portal for LGBTI+. Retrieved 15 March 2021.