When you really boil it down, what comedy does is you expect one thing, and you get a totally different thing that’s humorous, and we all laugh. That’s generally how, just mechanically – super-distilled – comedy works. Zoe Quinn Read Quote
Our justice system is a punitive one that’s there to sort of deal with what happens after someone’s already offended. Zoe Quinn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
We need to discuss what our own standards are for games writing that falls outside of journalism, and support experimental formats and routes of production that may be more tailored to them than the status quo, because the public at large seems to still think that the only games writing that exists are reviews and news. Zoe Quinn Read Quote
A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it’s not a real issue – that it’s ‘only’ online – or that it’s limited to someone saying they don’t like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say ‘online harassment.’ Zoe Quinn Read Quote
I think as an author every character ends up low-key being some kind of self-insert. Zoe Quinn Read Quote
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 Read Quote
