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[I.D.: A photoset containing four screenshots from the visual novel game Love on the Peacock Express: A Short Mystery MILF Dating Game. 

Image 1 shows the game’s title card with its main characters beneath it. The romance options Iris, Cassandra, and Vic stand together next to another character, the train conductor.

Image 2 shows Cassandra with her dialogue reading, “Do your investigations usually require this much gawking?”

Image 3 shows Vic, who is described as “Salt-and-Pepper Butch” by the player character. Vic is saying, “Looks like we’ll be locked in this little room together for a while. Why don’t you come in and take a load off?”

Image 4 shows Iris with her dialogue saying, “They treated me like a queen. It’s one of the happiest memories of my life.”

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Love on the Peacock Express: A Short Mystery MILF Dating Game is a visual novel about solving mysteries and kissing hot older women! Play as a private investigator and solve one of three mysteries tied to three different women: Iris, a trans diva and singer; Vic, a blue-collar butch grifter; and Cassandra, a CEO with power and influence. Piece together clues and flirt your way through one of three romance routes with two unique endings!

For free on Windows, Mac, and Linux. 

Developed by a wide team of lgbt+ developers (listed in the game’s Itch.io page) who are donating all proceeds from the game to Planned Parenthood and the María Fund, a grassroots organization that aims to help the people of Puerto Rico. The dev team made this game to highlight older women in romantic media, and the game also has an official Twitter.

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[ID: A photoset containing four images of the interactive book Puhaorangi.

Image 1 shows cover art of the mythologic figure Puhaorangi standing in front of a spectral background with glowing eyes. 

Image 2 shows a man and woman together looking at each other. A text box beneath them reads: “Toitehuatahi is a great explorer he is a wise and loving chief who cares for his people. Te Kuranuiomona his wife of high birth, a loving wife who works tirelessly for her family. Her beauty is known throughout the length of the land. Such is the meaning of her name. The sacred gift of Monoa. And it seems that even the heavens have been smitten by her.”

Image 3 shows Puhaorangi with his back to the viewer as he steps towards a cosmic sky. A text box in the foreground reads: “Without a moment to lose he drove his heel into his waka and commanded his companion forward, there was no hesitation from Amokura as they surged into the stream of Te Unuhanga, the brightness was too strong for Puhaorangi who raised his forearm over his eyes, the noise was piercing but on they travelled no sooner had they entered-- the chaos ceased.”

Image 4 shows Te Kuranuiomona standing in a jungle-like area of plants and trees. Her finger is extended towards a bird on a branch. A text box reads: “As she makes her way towards him he hears her whisper, ‘Such a thing of beauty-- oh Tāne I greet you!’. Enriched with joy by these warm words, he fills his lungs with air therefore extending his breast in a display of bravery and acknowledgement. Te Kuranuiomona folds her fore digit, touches her nose and extends it out towards Puhaorangi.” 

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Puhaorangi is an interactive story book about the origins, exploits, and descendants of the Te Arawa ancestor and superhero, Puhaorangi! Learn from whom Puhaorangi descends from, where his superhero abilities came from, and what led him to traverse the solar system. Story author Raimona Inia also sees Puhaorangi as “the first Māori astronaut!”

For free on iOS and Android.

Developed by Metia Interactive, a studio from Auckland, New Zealand (whose name is being petitioned by the Māori party to be changed to Aotearoa as an act of decolonization). Founded by Maru Nihoniho, Metia Interactive has created games that represent Māori people and other ethnic groups.