Inside “On Gaming”
“My goal was to create space for those most vulnerable and amplify the voices of those on the fringes of the video game community.”
On Gaming • Curated by dezireé a. brown
Community Anthologies: 2024
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On Gaming • Curated by dezireé a. brown
“In what ways have video games impacted or changed you? How have they helped you survive our present world and envision new ones?”
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Read“On Gaming” Featured Artist
“I dream within the confines of my sixteen-inch screen, mouse-scrolling and clicking in my sleep.” -
ReadArachnovigilante & other poems
“rendition of justice, unprovoked and unasked to be / sacrificial hero with less” -
ReadI Am Made of Fatalities and Rainbow Roads
“In these video games, there were victories and meaningless losses. I had something I didn’t have to be good at.” -
Read/build god, then we’ll /talk & other poems
“The first sign of life is the ability to /64 65 6E 79. The second is /regret” -
ReadEvery time I get a Shoryuken to the face, I get back up & other poems
“Do they have any idea / what is it to be a hero? Of / chattering bones and burning flesh?” -
ReadWith a Hunger to Swallow the World
“December, 2017; I tell a boy with low self-esteem that I love him ‘unconditionally’ and now I have to prove it.” -
ReadPortrait of Kratos Tendering the Wounds of His Child & other poems
“My brutal love / is all, a quiet meadow of violet promise. I’m so scared / as I watch the world dare you to live.”
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