Zoe Quinn wants us to build better communities, joke about sex, and save the internet
September 5, 2017 | Uncategorized
Game developer Zoe Quinn has an unusually varied list of achievements. She’s the creator of non-traditional text adventure Depression Quest, and one of the best-known DIY cyborgs. She’s a co-founder of anti-harassment organization Crash Override, and she’s currently working on a full-motion video dating game with absurdist erotica author Chuck Tingle. But since 2014, her work has often been overshadowed by Gamergate: the bitter, manufactured controversy over “ethics in games journalism” started by Quinn’s vengeful ex-boyfriend.
Having written about Gamergate in its early days, reading Quinn’s debut book — also called Crash Override, and released today — brought back a familiar dread. (As I type this, I’m imagining the random strangers…
