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Zoë Tiberius Quinn (born 1987) is an American video game developer, programmer, and writer. Quinn developed the interactive fiction game Depression Quest , which was released in 2013. In 2014, a blog post by their [ a ] ex-boyfriend sparked the online harassment campaign known as Gamergate , during which Quinn was subjected to extensive ...
Gamergate began with an August 2014 blog entry called "The Zoe Post" by Quinn's ex-boyfriend, which falsely insinuated that Quinn had received a favorable review because of Quinn's sexual relationship with a games journalist. [13] The blog post was spread to 4chan, where many users had previously disparaged Quinn's work.
The author discusses the book at the Strand Bookstore. Crash Override: How Gamergate (Nearly) Destroyed My Life, and How We Can Win the Fight Against Online Hate is a memoir by indie video game developer Zoë Quinn about their experiences as the target of Gamergate and in countering online abuse .
Zoë Quinn, perhaps one of the most qualified people to talk about online harassment, has written a book on her fight against online hate. It's called Crash Override, just like the volunteer group ...
Crash Override was founded by game developers Zoë Quinn and Alex Lifschitz, [6] and was staffed exclusively by victims of online abuse whose identities were kept anonymous outside the group. [7] Quinn and Lifschitz were subjected to online abuse during the Gamergate harassment campaign, with both receiving death threats and being doxxed. [8 ...
Mode (s) Single-player. Depression Quest is a 2013 interactive fiction game dealing with the subject of depression. It was developed by Zoë Quinn using the Twine engine, with writing by Quinn and Patrick Lindsey, and music by Isaac Schankler. It was first released for the web on February 14, 2013, and for Steam on August 11, 2014.
Game programmer, designer, musician. Notable work. Night in the Woods Aquaria. Alec Holowka (30 October 1983 – 31 August 2019) [ 2 ] was a Canadian indie game developer and co-founder of independent game companies Infinite Ammo, Infinite Fall, and Bit Blot. [ 3 ] He was mainly known for the award-winning titles Night in the Woods and Aquaria.
The Escapist (formerly known as Escapist Magazine) is an American video game website and online magazine. First published as a weekly online magazine by Themis Media on July 12, 2005, [1] The Escapist eventually pivoted to a traditional web journalism format. [2] In 2018, Escapist Magazine launched Volume Two, a rehauled website in conjunction ...