More stories celebrating the intersection of LGBTQ+ culture and gaming.
These are not dilettantes, playing off the popularity of video games to score quick internet points.
After all, to queer a character, you have to know that character well.
As Mary O’Kart puts it, “Knowing games well is the most important thing.
Imagined futures are projected onto our bodies like film reels, blurring the skin that lies beneath.
That tension feels a lot like shame.
“It’s all too rare to see LGBTQ+ representation in high profile AAA games.
And then they move on.
It’s authentic, normalised.
It’s not sexual, but simply two characters sharing intimacy.”
Both situate stories in bodies.
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