Quillette Podcast #179: Racist Orcs, Ableist Adventures, and Non-Binary Monsters: Can ‘Dungeons & Dragons’ Survive Wokeness? Quillette podcast host Jonathan Kay talks to psychology professor Christopher J. Ferguson about his newly published academic paper, Are Orcs Racist? Dungeons and Dragons, Ethnocentrism, Anxiety, and the Depiction of ‘Evil’ Monsters. Quillette 31 Jan 2022 · 1 min read
NARRATED: Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life Greg Ellis reads Video Games and the (Male) Meaning of Life, Presidential candidate Andrew Yang’s essay on why so many men prefer gaming to real life. It was published in Quillette on 14th December 2018. Quillette 21 Nov 2019 · 1 min read
Gamers are the Easy—But Wrong—Target After Mass Violence When members of other communities are involved in mass violence, we rightfully are cautioned not to reflexively blame the community as a whole, and gaming should get the same treatment. Christopher J. Ferguson 20 Aug 2019 · 7 min read
Why Pokemon Go Became An Instant Phenomenon These sorts of games are designed to maximize fun for a wide age range, and are typically extremely quick to grasp. Katherine Isbister 18 Jul 2016 · 4 min read