Authenticity vs. Agency: How Video Games Can Do Right by Their LGBTQ Characters Without Sacrificing Player Freedom

This piece contains major spoilers for Life is Strange (2015). In 2022, Supermassive Games released The Quarry, a game which – like the studio’s previous titles – blends survival horror gameplay with an interactive movie experience. Inspired by 80s horror flicks like Friday the 13th and An American Werewolf in London, it introduces a motley … Continue reading Authenticity vs. Agency: How Video Games Can Do Right by Their LGBTQ Characters Without Sacrificing Player Freedom