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Zoe Quinn
American
Artist
Born:
1987
Games
Life
Me
People
Think
You
Related authors:
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Jackson Pollock
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What people don't realize is that when you start making things outside of the convention of what is normal or good or 'best practices,' you're also shedding some of the baggage that comes with the concept of what a game 'should' be.
Zoe Quinn
Best
Good
You
Game
People
Some
Outside
Baggage
Concept
Also
Shedding
Practices
Making
Normal
Convention
Realize
Should
Things
Start
Making accessible games opens up the world of digital play to people living with disability, or even simply people who lack the literacy of an intimidating twin-stick controller.
Zoe Quinn
People
World
Digital
Living
Intimidating
Disability
Simply
Opens
Accessible
Making
Up
Lack
Literacy
Games
Who
Even
Play
Games are awesome. Stop letting jerks hijack them.
Zoe Quinn
Awesome
Stop
Them
Games
Jerks
Letting
People look to me for guidance or responsibility. People put a lot of stuff on me as a symbol of something, which is nothing I opted into, but it's a responsibility I take seriously regardless.
Zoe Quinn
Me
Guidance
People
Seriously
Responsibility
Nothing
Something
Take
Put
Stuff
Look
Lot
Regardless
Which
Symbol
I really, really, really love writing comics.
Zoe Quinn
Love
Writing
Comics
Really
Vertigo's always been a label that experiments with new stuff and forms of subversion.
Zoe Quinn
Stuff
New
Always
Been
Label
Vertigo
New Stuff
Experiments
Forms
Subversion
Monster Hearts is pretty cool!
Zoe Quinn
Monster
Pretty
Hearts
Cool
I just wanted to make video games.
Zoe Quinn
Video Games
Make
Just
Wanted
Video
Games
GamerGate and what it's been doing, is wrong.
Zoe Quinn
Wrong
Doing
Been
I'm still an engineer at heart. So if I can automate conversations that I find myself keep having to have, it seems like a good opportunity for me.
Zoe Quinn
Myself
Good
Me
Heart
Opportunity
Engineer
Find
Good Opportunity
Seems
Having
Like
Still
Conversations
Keep
It's weird when you stop being a person to a lot of folks and just become a weird talking point. It's like you become a meme, and you're not a person anymore, and people don't mind stealing your life.
Zoe Quinn
Life
You
People
Mind
Become
Meme
Folks
Stealing
Point
Weird
Like
Talking
Lot
Person
Just
Stop
Being
Anymore
Your
For me, I don't think there's anything more human than technology. That's a big thing separating us from other animals: we make things, we build things, we create machines.
Zoe Quinn
Me
Technology
Animals
Big
Build
Think
Other
Machines
More
Make
Than
Human
Big Thing
Anything
Us
Create
Separating
Thing
Things
I'm so tired of cyberpunk that says using machines to make your life better makes you less human.
Zoe Quinn
Life
Tired
You
Better
Says
Machines
Make
Makes
Human
Your
Less
Using
I don't want to tell a story about how technological advancement is bad.
Zoe Quinn
Tell
Bad
About
Advancement
How
Want
Story
Technological
I grew up in a super small town in upstate New York; my nearest neighbour was really far away.
Zoe Quinn
Neighbour
Super
Small
Small Town
New
Town
Up
York
New York
Grew
Upstate
Upstate New York
Far
Far Away
Really
Away
Nearest
A friend of the family gave me a Game Boy when I was very little, and it was amazing.
Zoe Quinn
Family
Me
Game
Amazing
Gave
Boy
Friend
Very
Little
Our justice system is a punitive one that's there to sort of deal with what happens after someone's already offended.
Zoe Quinn
Justice
Offended
Our
Punitive
System
Someone
Sort
Deal
After
Happens
The reason I namecheck restorative justice so much is because that, to me, is the utopia.
Zoe Quinn
Me
Justice
Because
Much
Reason
Utopia
I was diagnosed with depression at fourteen, but I couldn't find any medication that did anything for me other than making things worse.
Zoe Quinn
Depression
Me
Other
Worse
Find
Diagnosed
Making
Than
Did
Any
Anything
Things
Fourteen
Medication
The topic is too big, there's too many people who live with it, and too many moving pieces for anyone to do a definitive statement on what depression is like for everyone. 'Depression Quest's' goal was to be a basic introduction to the concept and to get the conversation started.
Zoe Quinn
Depression
Conversation
People
Too Many People
Big
Live
Too
Everyone
Statement
Topic
Definitive
Introduction
Like
Concept
Pieces
Goal
Quest
Get
Anyone
Moving
Who
Many
Basic
Started
Anyone can have depression. The illness doesn't care how much you do or don't have.
Zoe Quinn
Depression
You
Care
How
How Much
Anyone
Much
Illness
Depression Quest's' tone is one of hope. Many players have told me they've tried to take steps in their life to get their illness under control. I tear up while reading my e-mail on subways a lot.
Zoe Quinn
Life
Depression
Hope
Me
Reading
Control
Tried
Take
Steps
Quest
Lot
Up
Get
While
Many
Illness
Tear
Tone
Players
You don't really see many games that stand as a pure comedy games.
Zoe Quinn
You
Comedy
Pure
See
Really
Stand
Games
Many
One joke coming from one person can land completely flat, while somebody else delivering it in a unique way can really elevate it.
Zoe Quinn
Somebody
Joke
Else
Way
Delivering
Coming
Person
Flat
While
Land
Really
Unique
Elevate
There are few people I can talk to about the worst parts of what happened during Gamergate.
Zoe Quinn
People
Few
Worst
About
Talk
Parts
Few People
Happened
I always want to find meaning in stuff that sucks - I don't want it to be the end of the sentence.
Zoe Quinn
Find
Stuff
Always
End
Want
Sentence
Meaning
Sucks
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