Did The Sims make you gay? - a video essay.
January 13, 2023
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It's no doubt The Sims is an influential video game. In this video essay, we're going to talk about its GAY influence, particularly the role it plays in queer people's identity development. Enjoy the presentation as we go over how the Sims influenced a generation in letting them live out their Tumblr dreams...
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Clips from How Videogames Changed the World
Sociological Definition of Ideology
From John J Macionis, Sociology
Information on Althusser
Gender/Identity Performativity
Judith Butler, Gender Trouble
The Term “Homosexual”
Judith Takacs, The Double Life of Kertbeny
Power and the Identity of Homosexual
Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality
Gameplay footage:
The Sims - BarakaPlay
The Sims 2 - Giraffe Goober
The Sims 3 Gay Wedding - Cahos Rahne Veloza
The Sims 3 - angelarts
The Sims 3 Women Kissing - Jane Tyn
The Sims 4 - Lucca
The Sims 4 (second clip) - Its Frosty
The Sims 4 CAS - Coolnickyd
Toilets
Slavoj Zizek, The Plague of Fantasies
Secondary Literature studying the Sims:
Miguel Sicart, “Family Values: Ideology, Computer Games, & Sims”
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