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The romance of Dragon Age: Inquisition's Briala and Celene remains compelling, not least because of its grim politics and its nightmarish exploration of love, identity, and power.… Continue r...
https://quinnae.com/2016/01/22/bad-romance-dragon-ages-celene-and-briala/
(Note: This essay contains spoilers for both Analogue: A Hate Story and its sequel Hate Plus; in addition it assumes knowledge of the game and its story.) “I just can’t believe a woman is res...
https://quinnae.com/2014/12/11/the-philosopher-queen-of-the-night-on-hate-plus-oh-eun-a/
It is an indispensible commonplace of feminist criticism to say that prejudicial archetypes are not only socially harmful but make for bad storytelling. We are not just saying that to be diplomat...
To all new readers: I’ve written a follow up to this article. Not long ago my partner and I were seated in her car discussing the arbitrary nature of certain holidays and I opined, perhaps half...
https://quinnae.com/2014/01/03/words-words-words-on-toxicity-and-abuse-in-online-activism/
“As soon as men decide that all means are permitted to fight an evil, then their good becomes indistinguishable from the evil that they set out to destroy.” –Christopher Dawson The cyber co...
https://quinnae.com/2013/12/02/crowds-are-calling-your-name/
This article is crossposted from my latest feature for the Border House; that version can be seen here. What is staggering about much that passes under the banner of “fantasy” is how decidedl...
https://quinnae.com/2013/09/15/amber-scotts-sword-of-burning-gold-inclusion-in-an-incursion/
It’s been quite a while since I updated here. I’ve been exceedingly busy working on a research project in my sociology department and with some of my other commitments as well as a few person...
https://quinnae.com/2012/06/17/its-just-a-game-the-discursive-construction-of-the-virtual/
This article is due to be published on Border House this coming Tuesday. In case its raging nerdular nerdence doesn’t give it away, it’s about video games specifically. Enjoy! One of the most...
https://quinnae.com/2012/03/04/immoral-women-why-we-need-more-of-them/
When I play certain video games I get the strange feeling of wandering through the weird and lurid landscape of a Dali painting; beholding the familiar, albeit distorted in the strangest of ways....
https://quinnae.com/2011/09/02/im-being-so-sincere-right-now-gaming-as-hyperreality/
In my recent article for The Border House I took on a number of the arguments made by a few starry eyed technophiles in favour of ending the practise of online anonymity. This is a significant is...
https://quinnae.com/2011/08/15/in-faith-i-do-not-know-thee-by-thy-name/