Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast

The podcast where 3 intersectional feminists examine gaming and games through a feminist lens. New Episodes every Thursday. Alex, Jem and Matt believe gaming is good. Gaming is good for relaxation, for learning, for bringing people together and for your mental health. But like all media, there is both good and bad and we want to address how we make gaming a safe and healthy environment for women and minority groups (although lets not forget that people of colour are the global ethnic majority). We want to see the small steps towards an intersectional feminist future that have been made in games to go further. We are Gaming the System because we want to see our beloved world of Gaming reflect the values we hold dear, and until it does we are here to shine a light on what needs to change. ----- PAYPAL & PATREON If you want to support us, you can send us a one-off donation via paypal or subscribe monthly to our Patreon.<

Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast is a society podcast hosted by GamingtheSystem, with 291 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

GamingtheSystem hosts Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast, a society show with 291 episodes published.

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  Gaming The System - The Feminist Gaming Podcast

  Getting To Know You Part 1 (Episode 291)

  Aug 20, 202631 min

  We play 20-ish questions in a bid to get to know each other better. Support the Podcast! Let us know on B lueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! If you love Gaming The System , consider supporting us: Patreon: patreon.com/gamingthesystem – get exclusive content! PayPal Donations: gamingthesystem@gmail.com Subscribe & Review: Share the podcast with fellow gamers! Gaming The System releases new episodes every Thursday Thanks for listening, and remember – there’s always another game to play that isn’t full of nonsense. ✨ #GamingTheSystem #GamingCulture #FeministGaming #feministgamingpodcast​ #feministgamers​ #intersectionalgaming​ #equalityingames​ #GamingRepresentation #AccessibleGaming #IntersectionalGaming #GamingTheSystemPodcast

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  Banning Under 16s from Social Media : Protection, or Politics? (Episode 290)

  Aug 17, 202636 min

  In June, the UK government announced it will ban under-16s from social media platforms Snapchat, TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook and X, with the rules due to take effect in spring 2027. We ask whether any of it will actually make young people safer. Age verification and the digital ID question, why Australia's version doesn't seem to be working, and the awkward truth that where there's a will there's a VPN. Matt makes the case that this is a cheap policy from a government that has ducked the expensive ones, and Alex argues you can't ban children out of the world they were born into. We don't have a lot of answers, but we got a lot off our chests! Over to you If you could design this properly — how do we keep young people safe online without wrapping them in cotton wool? What would actually work? Let us know, because we didn't crack it in 36 minutes. Links from this episode - The government's announcement, 15 June 2026 - Growing Up in the Online World consultation response totals (116,211 responses) - Growing Up in the Online World government response, July 2026 - Australia's under 16 ban is failing, study finds (Al Jazeera, August 2026) - What the new rules actually do a plain-English breakdown - Defend Digital Me FAQ on the ban and the digital ID question #SocialMediaBan #Under16s #OnlineSafety #AgeVerification #DigitalID #DigitalLiteracy #ScreenTime #ParentingInTheDigitalAge #UKPolitics #Ofcom #TeensOnline #TechAccountability Support the Podcast! Let us know on B lueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! If you love Gaming The System , consider supporting us: Patreon: patreon.com/gamingthesystem – get exclusive content! PayPal Donations: gamingthesystem@gmail.com Subscribe & Review: Share the podcast with fellow gamers! Gaming The System releases new episodes every Thursday Thanks for listening, and remember – there’s always another game to play that isn’t full of nonsense. ✨ #GamingTheSystem #GamingCulture #FeministGaming #feministgamingpodcast​ #feministgamers​ #intersectionalgaming​ #equalityingames​ #GamingRepresentation #AccessibleGaming #IntersectionalGaming #GamingTheSystemPodcast

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  Optional Humans - Lara Croft joins the AI Debate (Episode 289)

  Aug 6, 202633 min

  Tomb Raider: Legacy of Atlantis looked like a genuine return to form, and then the Steam page went live with an AI disclosure, and fans started counting Lara's guns. Crystal Dynamics says generative AI was only used for placeholders, all "refined or replaced" before release. Fans aren't buying it; the PR team shut down the questions, all against a backdrop of four rounds of layoffs in a single year. What does "refined" mean? It's doing a lot of heavy lifting here. Let's be honest, the red flags matter more than the reassurances. And what if AI isn't the cause of the industry's job losses, just a convenient thing to blame them on? Then we discuss Alex Wilton Regan walking away from X, because, in her words, "men and boys are creating child pornography, deepfakes of women, violent images against women, girls, and other minority groups without any repercussions". This leaves us thinking that women and girls are disproportionately feeling the heat of AI, especially when we bring in the unfettered use of the AI-cloned voices in the Remastered Tomb Raider trilogy. #TombRaider #LaraCroft #LegacyOfAtlantis #CrystalDynamics #AlexWiltonRegan #GenerativeAI #AIInGaming #AIArt #GamesIndustryLayoffs #VoiceActing #AIVoiceCloning #DeepfakeAbuse #GameDevLabour #CrunchCulture #AIRegulation #TombRaiderRemastered Support the Podcast! Let us know on B lueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! If you love Gaming The System , consider supporting us: Patreon: patreon.com/gamingthesystem – get exclusive content! PayPal Donations: gamingthesystem@gmail.com Subscribe & Review: Share the podcast with fellow gamers! Gaming The System releases new episodes every Thursday Thanks for listening, and remember – there’s always another game to play that isn’t full of nonsense. ✨ #GamingTheSystem #GamingCulture #FeministGaming #feministgamingpodcast​ #feministgamers​ #intersectionalgaming​ #equalityingames​ #GamingRepresentation #AccessibleGaming #IntersectionalGaming #GamingTheSystemPodcast

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  Game Over Part 2 Dystopias (Episode 288)

  Jul 29, 202638 min

  What if George Orwell made video games? Support the Podcast! Let us know on B lueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! If you love Gaming The System , consider supporting us: Patreon: patreon.com/gamingthesystem – get exclusive content! PayPal Donations: gamingthesystem@gmail.com Subscribe & Review: Share the podcast with fellow gamers! Gaming The System releases new episodes every Thursday Thanks for listening, and remember – there’s always another game to play that isn’t full of nonsense. ✨ #GamingTheSystem #GamingCulture #FeministGaming #feministgamingpodcast​ #feministgamers​ #intersectionalgaming​ #equalityingames​ #GamingRepresentation #AccessibleGaming #IntersectionalGaming #GamingTheSystemPodcast

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  Game Over Part 1 Apocalypses (Episode 287)

  Jul 22, 202636 min

  It's the end of the world as we know it. Support the Podcast! Let us know on B lueSky (@gamingthesystem.bsky.social), Instagram (@gamingthesystempodcast) or in the comments on YouTube! If you love Gaming The System , consider supporting us: Patreon: patreon.com/gamingthesystem – get exclusive content! PayPal Donations: gamingthesystem@gmail.com Subscribe & Review: Share the podcast with fellow gamers! Gaming The System releases new episodes every Thursday Thanks for listening, and remember – there’s always another game to play that isn’t full of nonsense. ✨ #GamingTheSystem #GamingCulture #FeministGaming #feministgamingpodcast​ #feministgamers​ #intersectionalgaming​ #equalityingames​ #GamingRepresentation #AccessibleGaming #IntersectionalGaming #GamingTheSystemPodcast

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