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July 23rd

…Critical Chaser

Let the past die.

  • against the will of game databases | GlitchOut Oma Keeling asks who the archive is for when the artist wants to forget.

“The will to archive in the ways that most are taught to archive is not an innocent one, it is one of accumulation and the continuation of imperialist and capitalist thought. It is a history of racism and deprivation and destruction and the perfection of history into an art dominated by a handful of countries.”

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March 3rd

…past moving from one stereotype to the next towards more nuanced representation.

  • Xalavier Nelson Jr: “If You Don’t Want to Deal with the Gatekeepers, Use a Different Gate.” | Inverse Robin Bea sits down with Xalavier Nelson Jr to talk about Strange Scaffold’s approach to good representation and good storytelling.

    • “Nelson has said before that, while El Paso, Elsewhere is based on some of his own experiences, it’s not autobiographical. Touching on issues as volatile as abuse, addiction, and racism is tricky no matter what, and they can be even harder to approach with respect when…

    March 10th

    …Intercorporeality, Erotic Cybernetics, and Becoming the Input | cohost MorganH’s theory of erotic play interactivity–including but not limited to adult games–justifies this long pullquote.

    “It is important to not misconstrue the heightened complexity and corporeality of adult games as being of some kind of ero-Edenic virtual paradise where players and their game avatars are unified in enlightened beatitude. Pornographic games can be as rife with misogyny and racism as they can center egalitarian and queer narratives. The hegemonic, heterosexual white masculine figure is still the dominant avatar in the adult game imaginary, and no amount of wireless…