Author Archives: Bonnie

After roughly three years in the works, I’m honored to say that my article “Representing Sex Workers in Video Games: Feminisms, Fantasies of Exceptionalism, and the Value of Erotic Labor,” was published yesterday with the fabulous journal Feminist Media Studies! … Continue reading →

It’s been a long time coming, but I’ve finally updated the two most circulated pages from my “resources” section: “Queer Game Studies 101” and “Getting a PhD in Game Studies.” Thanks to all those who have contributed to these resources … Continue reading →

It’s been just about a year since Queer Game Studies (University of Minnesota Press), the landmark anthology co-edited by myself and Adrienne Shaw, officially hit shelves in the spring of 2017. Since then, the collection has been doing great, with … Continue reading →

Another book draft goes off into the world…. Last spring, I conducted twenty long-form interviews with twenty-five amazing queer indie game devs for my book project The Queer Games Avant-Garde: How LGBTQ Game-Makers Are Reimagining the Medium of Video Games. … Continue reading →

Now entering its fifth year (!), the annual Queerness and Games Conference is back for 2018. QGCon is a one-of-a-kind event that brings together academics and game makers to explore the intersection of LGBTQ issues and video games. For the … Continue reading →

Aaaaaaaaaaaand submit! I’m excited to report that the revision of my monograph, which the editors at New York University Press have cleverly re-titled Video Games Have Always Been Queer (I’m into it), has been officially submitted. I’m feeling super grateful … Continue reading →

After four wonderful years as the lead organizer of the annual Queerness and Games Conference, I’m honored to be passing the leadership torch this year to my longtime collaborators and friends Teddy Pozo and Dietrich Squinkifer. Teddy and Squinky have … Continue reading →

I’m really looking forward to flying off to New England at the end of this month for the “Gaming Representation” symposium that fellow game studies scholar Jen Malkowski is hosting at Smith College. The symposium is inspired by the exciting … Continue reading →

I was honored to receive an invitation this week to head back up to Stanford — right across the Bay from my alma mater, UC Berkeley — to give a talk as part of the “Digital Aesthetics” workshop series. The … Continue reading →

Summer is a time to kick back, relax, and read a whole bunch of game studies scholarship, right? Starting in a few weeks, I’ll be facilitating a summer game studies reading group for our Ph.D. students here at UC Irvine, … Continue reading →