How to Queer the World: Radical Worldbuilding through Video Games

What video games teach us about building a more inclusive world

What does it mean to build a world? Worldbuilding is traditionally understood as an expression of storytelling across media forms. Yet, as video games show us, worldbuilding does not necessarily need to center narrative elements. Instead, new worlds can allow us to reimagine existing structures, conventions, and constants. Doing so gives us the tools to queer the world around us.

How to Queer the World argues that video games pro...