Anita is known for her critical analysis of video games and their cultural implications. She founded Feminist Frequency and speaks extensively on representation in gaming.
I Was the Best Gamer in My Town Before Broadband Arrived. The Day the Internet Connected, I Found Out I Was Average. Here's What That Did to Me.
The idea of raising a family near your parents used to be the default — then careers required mobility, cities got expen...
Game Difficulty Settings: From Hidden Metrics to Visible Accessibility
For decades, gamer identity was tied to difficulty — you played on hard, you didn't admit otherwise. Now accessibility m...
Game Journalists Called It Before Anyone Else Did. Then the Industry Stopped Inviting Them to the Preview. Who Decides What Gaming Culture Gets to Say About Itself?
Gaming journalists who ask hard questions are increasingly finding themselves uninvited to preview events — and the indu...
Indie Game Developers Are Outselling AAA Studios on Their Own Terms. Did the Bedroom Coder Just Win the War Nobody Thought They Could Fight?
PAGE EXCERPT Games made by single developers in bedrooms are now outselling AAA studios with hundred-million-dollar bud...
Couch Co-Op Used to Mean Sharing a Screen and Trash-Talking in Person. Online Co-Op Killed the Couch. Did It Kill the Friendship Too?
For decades, couch co-op gaming was as much about friendship as it was about the games themselves. Friends gathered in t...