Bonnie Ruberg presents twenty interviews with twenty-two queer video developers whose radical, experimental, vibrant, and deeply queer work is driving a momentous shift in the medium of video games.
Bonnie Ruberg presents twenty interviews with twenty-two queer video developers whose radical, experimental, vibrant, and deeply queer work is driving a momentous shift in the medium of video games.
Bonnie Ruberg is Assistant Professor in the Department of Informatics and the Program in Visual Studies at the University of California, Irvine, and is author of Video Games Have Always Been Queer and coeditor of Queer Game Studies.
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Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Reimagining the Medium of Video Games 1 Part I. Queer People, Queer Desires, Queer Games 1. Dietrich Squinkifer: Nonbinary Characters, Asexuality, and Game Design as Joyful Resistance 33 2. Robert Yang: The Politics and Pleasures of Representing Sex between Men 42 3. Aevee Bee: On Designing for Queer Players and Remaking Autobiographical Truth 51 Part II. Queerness as a Mode of Game-Making 4. Llaura McGee: Leaving Space for Messiness, Complexity, and Chance 63 5. Andi McClure: Algorithms, Accidents, and the Queerness of Abstraction 73 6. Liz Ryerson: Resisting Empathy and Rewriting the Rules of Game Design 81 Part III. Designing Queer Intimacy in Games 7. Jimmy Andrews + Loren Schmidt: Queer Body Physics, Awkwardness as Emotional Realism, and the Challenge of Designing Consent 93 8. Naomi Clark: Disrupting Norms and Critiquing Systems through "Good, Nice Sex with a Tentacle Monster" 102 9. Elizabeth Sampat: Safe Spaces for Queerness and Games against Suffering 113 Part IV. The Legacy of Feminist Performance Art in Queer Games 10. Kara Stone: Softness, Strength, and Danger in Games about Mental Health and Healing 125 11. Mattie Brice: Radical Play through Vulnerability 134 12. Seanna Musgrave: "Touchy-Feely" Virtual Reality and Reclaiming the Trans Body 143 Part V. Intersectional Perspectives in/on Queer Games 13. Tonia B****** + Emilia Yang: Making Games about Queer Women of Color by Queer Women of Color 153 14. Nicky Case: Playable Politics and Interactivity for Understanding 162 15. Nina Freeman: More Than Just "the Women Who Make Sex Games" 171 Part VI. Analog Games: Exploreing Queerness Through Non-Digital Play 16. Avery Alder: Queer Storytelling and the Mechanics of Desire 183 17. Kat Jones: Bisexuality, Latina Identity, and the Power of Physical Presence 192 Part VII. Making Queer Games, Queer Change, and Queer Community 18. Mo Cohen: On Self-Care, Funding, and Other Advice for Aspiring Queer Indie Game Makers 205 19. Jerome Hagan: Are Queer Games Bringing "Diversity" to Mainstream Industry? 215 20. Sarah Schoemann: The Power of Community Organizing 223 Afterword. The Future of the Queer Games Avant-Garde 233 Appendix. Queer Indie Games to Play at Home or in the Classroom 245 Notes 257 Bibliography 265 Index 271
Acknowledgments ix Introduction. Reimagining the Medium of Video Games 1 Part I. Queer People, Queer Desires, Queer Games 1. Dietrich Squinkifer: Nonbinary Characters, Asexuality, and Game Design as Joyful Resistance 33 2. Robert Yang: The Politics and Pleasures of Representing Sex between Men 42 3. Aevee Bee: On Designing for Queer Players and Remaking Autobiographical Truth 51 Part II. Queerness as a Mode of Game-Making 4. Llaura McGee: Leaving Space for Messiness, Complexity, and Chance 63 5. Andi McClure: Algorithms, Accidents, and the Queerness of Abstraction 73 6. Liz Ryerson: Resisting Empathy and Rewriting the Rules of Game Design 81 Part III. Designing Queer Intimacy in Games 7. Jimmy Andrews + Loren Schmidt: Queer Body Physics, Awkwardness as Emotional Realism, and the Challenge of Designing Consent 93 8. Naomi Clark: Disrupting Norms and Critiquing Systems through "Good, Nice Sex with a Tentacle Monster" 102 9. Elizabeth Sampat: Safe Spaces for Queerness and Games against Suffering 113 Part IV. The Legacy of Feminist Performance Art in Queer Games 10. Kara Stone: Softness, Strength, and Danger in Games about Mental Health and Healing 125 11. Mattie Brice: Radical Play through Vulnerability 134 12. Seanna Musgrave: "Touchy-Feely" Virtual Reality and Reclaiming the Trans Body 143 Part V. Intersectional Perspectives in/on Queer Games 13. Tonia B****** + Emilia Yang: Making Games about Queer Women of Color by Queer Women of Color 153 14. Nicky Case: Playable Politics and Interactivity for Understanding 162 15. Nina Freeman: More Than Just "the Women Who Make Sex Games" 171 Part VI. Analog Games: Exploreing Queerness Through Non-Digital Play 16. Avery Alder: Queer Storytelling and the Mechanics of Desire 183 17. Kat Jones: Bisexuality, Latina Identity, and the Power of Physical Presence 192 Part VII. Making Queer Games, Queer Change, and Queer Community 18. Mo Cohen: On Self-Care, Funding, and Other Advice for Aspiring Queer Indie Game Makers 205 19. Jerome Hagan: Are Queer Games Bringing "Diversity" to Mainstream Industry? 215 20. Sarah Schoemann: The Power of Community Organizing 223 Afterword. The Future of the Queer Games Avant-Garde 233 Appendix. Queer Indie Games to Play at Home or in the Classroom 245 Notes 257 Bibliography 265 Index 271
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