Okay, brace yourselves for a little 2019 self-promotion thread from your truly! Early in the year, a three-episode series I co-wrote and hosted called Queer Tropes premiered. Here's the episode on queer villains.https://youtu.be/w-5jnTv-OMg
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I also tried my hand at writing and editing videos of my own to explore topics like the brilliant environmental design of Castlevania, what the Diablo series has lost, and this year's 198X. Here's my video on the California vibe of the masterpiece OutRun:https://youtu.be/8NEocS04XcA
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Here's a piece I wrote, cited by Polygon and Jim Sterling, on the unintentional, uncanny and unfortunate spookiness Fortnite's bots brought to the game.https://carolynpetit.tumblr.com/post/188397017760/fortnites-bots-turn-it-into-a-horror-game-in-the …
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In October I wrote about seeing The Matrix upon its 20th anniversary through a trans lens and existing in resistance to the systems in which I have no choice but to live.https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/the-pain-of-waking-the-matrix-at-20-the-stories-we-tell-ourselves-and-my-journey-of-the-self-6f8dcb0811e1 …
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I wrote about how the game Gone Home fucked me up in ways I needed to be fucked up, moving on from the moment in which it held me, and trying to carry the right lessons forward into the next decade.https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/house-of-mirrors-how-gone-home-showed-me-myself-d07cd6cd2c96 …
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I had the honor of being on this year's Bitch 50 list. Here's my interview with Marina Watanabe about Queer Tropes and queer representation in games.https://www.bitchmedia.org/article/carolyn-petit-bitch-50-interview …
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If my work has meant something to you this year, and if you're in a position to do so, please consider chipping in a few bucks to my Ko-fi. It would really help me out right now. Thank you so much for reading.https://ko-fi.com/carolynpetit
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I botched this link in my 2019 recap thread so reposting: In the wake of Death Stranding's release I wrote about the pressure toward consensus in mainstream games crit & pushing back against bad but widely held ideas about what constitutes real criticism.https://medium.com/@carolynpetit/ruthless-individuality-criticisms-past-and-hopefully-its-future-d1ffbf3bb2c8 …
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