Zoe Quinn and Chuck Tingle are making an amazing game

Cory Doctorow 6:39 am Thu Aug 25, 2016

Gamergate bogeywoman Zoe Quinn is making a new punk game, in collaboration with Amazon deep weird porn-writer (and table-turning, MRA-confounding Hugo nominee Chuck Tingle, and It. Looks. Awesome.

In the first episode of VICE Gaming Meets, Zoe Quinn reflects on #Gamergate and outlines her new game "Chuck Tingle Dating Simulator", a throw-back to the full motion video game technique of the late 80’s. In her experimental version of FMV, Zoe is creating an alternate reality in gaming in which “interactive cinema” with its garish low-budget aesthetics and bad acting is a legitimate art form.

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