Games Institute publicationFirst Person Scholar (FPS) published a new special issue that focused on the voices and experiences of queer and trans people of colour on April 7th.
The special issue is guest-edited by Khee Hoon Chan and features articles and interviews by Oluwatayo Adewole, Julie Fukunaga and Olivia Popp.
“A Boy is a Gun: Weaponising Black Gender in Video Games” by Oluwatayo Adewole
“Unmaking and Undoing: A Trans* Reading of Katamari Damacy” by Julie Fukunaga
“Interview with Caro Asercion: Designing for Tabletop, Identity in Gameplay, And Moving Beyond Artifacts of Play” by Oliva Popp
You can read the introduction to the special issue by Khee Hoon Chan on FPS.
Other Recent FPS Special Issues
“(Re)coding Survivance: Sovereign Video Games Special Issue” edited by Michelle Lee Brown.
“Queer Making and Design” edited by Jess Marcotte
“Mad/Crip Games and Play” edited by Adan Jerreat-Poole
“Becoming Machine” edited by Nick Taylor