Being A Gay Game Developer

I talk about my experiences of being a gay developer across forty years of game development.

[dathunderman]

Tim, a 20 minute video from you is NOT too long. If anything, it’s too short! Always love hearing about your experiences in the gaming industry

[khrob]

As we say in Australia: You’re a deadset legend. I’m so glad things are better now. Here’s to further improvements.

[drifterax]

Imagine sending a death threat to a legend like you

Actually just imagine sending a death threat, very not okay

[thegrafxguy]

miss you, Tim! from my first gig (Carbine) to my current gig (Obsidian for the 2nd time), working with you was always rad. hope things are well with you and yours up north!

[Madadader]

I just found this channel this morning with the leaving Fallout 2 video and it's been a pleasant surprise. I have immense respect and admiration for you as a game dev and person, Tim. Finding out you were gay just now is astounding! You talking about that woman "not liking" gay people is how my mother is and it stings all the time.

Thank you for being you Tim. Happy pride month. 💜

[CHADAFalloutPodcast]

You're HERE! I am so, so glad you started a channel, Tim! We need more open format discussions from developers to explain not just the ins and outs and development but this particular topic. It was wonderful having you join us for St. Jude and celebrate the 25th Anniversary together. Big love to your success on YouTube. Instant subscribe!

[thebolas]

The receptionist saying "I knew you wouldn't understand." is the biggest unintentional compliment. She knew you weren't a horrible bigot.

[SargeDornan]

Never knew you were gay. Love your content and thank you for being yourself

[PuttyMaster]

I don't normally comment on youtube, but I really wanted to this time to thank you Tim. You have easily become my biggest inspiration to become a game designer - thanks for giving me the push I needed to dive into my dreams!

[dadman]

You'd think a homophobic RPG fan finding out the creator of Fallout is gay would give them pause. Like oh, maybe a gay guy can just be normal and have interesting ideas and make cool things that resonate with me. I like to think that's happened to at least a few people out there, anyway.

[CleverRiley]

"I got a A- because I missed the Rh question" that is an amazingly awful joke im stealing that

[Virgil-Arcanum]

Finding out that one of my favourite game developers of all time, the reason I'm studying design and sound at college, and one of my all time idols is like me, really brings a tear to my eye. Thank you for this video, and I'm glad we have people like you in the industry.

[ia]

As a straight dude, society disgusts me. I treat others as if I were them, and I would hate to be discriminated against something that's just who I am. Everyone should be allowed to enjoy life if they aren't hurting anyone! If I see someone harassed or negatively talked about, I put myself in their shoes. And most of the time, I find they don't deserve it!
I hope others share my view -- the "treat others as you want to be treated" seems so simple and yet I've been very hurt by people who don't do so.

[Distortion]

Super late on this but on behalf of younger LGBT people, thank you for paving the way for us to live our lives.

[crispydankmemes]

Thank you for every ounce of effort you poured into all the games you created along with your teams. The fallout franchise is my favorite series of games, albeit tied with the System Shock series. You did more in the 90’s than most people do in a lifetime as far as the creation of true master piece level art goes. Glad I found your YouTube channel to watch all these interesting things about games that I love behind the scenes! Happy pride month and hope you are having a good day

[seraaron]

I had no idea you were (are) gay! wow, proud of you <3
Edit: Watched the whole video now. I'm so sorry you had to go through some of those things.
I have recently thought that someone fairly high up at Troika must have been queer, because those games are suprisingly progressive in subtle ways. One that's really stuck with me since coming out as trans and replaying VTM Bloodlines: the pill bottle that says "Estrogen. Caution: Do not take if male" got a giggle out of me. I don't think I even knew what estrogen was when I first played it, or maybe never even read that item description.

[jonathancorral]

I know you had no involvement with it, but one thing I loved in Fallout New Vegas was the inclusion of gay companions like Veronica and Arcade Gannon, which for me personally were some of my earliest exposure to positive gay representation in any medium. Glad we’re seeing more of that across all forms of art. Happy pride and thanks for all the awesome shit you’ve done 🏳️‍🌈✊🏽

[eliaskline]

Man I can't imagine being gay 40 years ago when I told my mom she just asked me questions if how it worked, and I never had an explicit conversation with my father, I can't imagine dealing with the socially acceptable prejudice of the 80s

[MoobsLikeJaggerGGN]

Thanks for sharing your story Tim, you are a legend and it has been wonderful working with you.

[BliniMango]

I'm a lesbian and when I found out I could romance Veronica in NV(although the backstory is rough) but it made me so happy even tho I wasn't out at the time. I used to marry two girls on the sims a lot back then and thought other games had the same thing. In fallout was the biggest hell yea of my life. I'm also a solo game developer and being in the industry now seems a bit more okay now han it was back then. It's still a progress, either way I appreciate everything you do and it's so awesome to find out the dev of my favorite franchise is also gay and a game developer! Much love, Tim! 🩵