Robin Marx's Writing RepositoryJan 30, 2025

Capsule Review Archive – Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form by Anna Anthropy

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Capsule Review Archive – Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artists, Dreamers, Drop-outs, Queers, Housewives, and People Like You Are Taking Back an Art Form by Anna Anthropy

This review originally appeared on Goodreads on August 23, 2013. Rise of the Videogame Zinesters: How Freaks, Normals, Amateurs, Artis...

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Mario A. Di Bernardo (he/him)Oct 15, 2023

#Dys4ia di #AnnaAnthropy torna online dopo anni di assenza!
Si tratta di un mini game autobiografico nel quale Anthropy parla di #disforia di genere e del percorso di transizione. É un gioco che ha contribuito alla crescita della comunità #queer su itch ❤️

Nel link l'autrice racconta perché a un certo punto aveva rimosso il gioco

https://w.itch.io/dys4ia/devlog/620323/on-dys4ias-return

On dys4ia's return - dys4ia by anna anthropy

I think I've been unfair to this game. Maybe I ended up believing the narrative the gaming press spun about it: That it was an educational game, an " EMPATHY GAME ," a shallow work that flattened and...

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