Review: My Ex Boyfriend The Space Tyrant

About 10 years ago on of my uni friends told me he was writing and making a gay-themed adventure game called 'My Ex-Boyfriend the Space Tyrant' and I was super excited because I loved adventure games when I was a kid.

And finally after many years the game is here! I haven't played a lot of it yet but it's making me laugh a lot so far!

I'm not a gay man, but like gay men I have way more interest in looking at scantily clad men than I have interest in looking at scantily clad women which makes this game... enjoyable to look at. But I read on the internet all the time that scantily clad women in games and comics are "empowered" or something so... yeah, whatever.

The graphics of the game itself look quite polished, but if I had one criticism it would be the peripherals - menus and extra bits. The way the labels for things you're looking at come up doesn't quite fit with the polish of the characters, and I did accidentally exit once without saving when I didn't realise that the 'exit' in the menu would exit the game, rather than just the menu I was in.

I haven't got too far into it so far (see accidentally exiting without saving) but so far I'm finding the game very fun and very very funny!

It weirds me out when people think that anything game-themed must also be "adults only". I would say this game is not suitable for children who are uncomfortable with frequent mentions of sex (and lots of sexual innuendo) and porn though. I remember when I was about 12 my stepdad let me play Leisure Suit Larry which mostly made me feel uncomfortable, embarassed and slightly unwell so, you know. I don't really want to draw general comparisons though because LSL was super gross.

So anyway if you like indie games, games which aren't targeted exclusively at hetero-males, doctor who jokes and adventure games, then I recommend My Ex Boyfriend The Space Pirate.