Cara Ellison Explained

Cara Ellison
Birth Date:28 September 1985
Nationality:Scottish
Occupation:Critic, developer

Cara Ellison (born 28 September 1985) is a Scottish video game writer and critic.[1] [2] [3]

Journalism

Ellison made regular contributions to publications PC Gamer, Unwinnable and Rock Paper Shotgun beginning in 2012.[4] [5] [6]

She has also written gaming related articles for New Statesman, Paste,[7] Edge magazine and Kotaku and is a regular contributor to The Guardian games blog.[8] From 2014 to 2015, Ellison wrote a bi-weekly column called S.EXE for Rock Paper Shotgun about the depiction of sex and romance in video games.[9] She also contributed video game related articles to VICE UK in 2014.[10]

In 2013, Ellison won the Games Media Award 'Rising Star' for her work writing about games, and The Guardian placed her number ten in the 'Top 30 Young People in Digital Media' list 2014.[11]

In 2014, Ellison successfully sought funding on Patreon for her "Embed with" series, in which she became an itinerant games journalist, travelling the world and writing about the lives and processes of games developers.[12] [13]

From February 2021 to June 2022, Ellison co-hosted The Inspirational Quarterly with Davey Wreden, a podcast dedicated to reading, reviewing, and discussing Keith R. A. DeCandido's 2006 novel StarCraft: Ghost: Nova.[14]

Games development

Ellison worked for Rockstar North as a QA tester on Grand Theft Auto IV until 2008.[15] In 2013, Ellison wrote the text-based interactive fiction game Sacrilege, which The New York Times described as a "raw exploration of female sexuality that also includes some astute observations about male desire".[16] Ellison also has collaborated with artist Howard Hardiman on Badger's Day Out, funded by a combination of a successful Kickstarter, with backing from the Arts Council England.

She was contracted by Arkane Studios as an external narrative consultant for the 2016 title Dishonored 2.[17] [18]

In August 2015, she gave a keynote at Dare to Be Digital.[19]

Ellison provided voice acting for the character of 'Peanut' in the 2015 game Assault Android Cactus. [20] [21]

She worked as the writer of Void Bastards.

She was a senior narrative designer for the Hardsuit Labs project until she left the project following the departure of Brian Mitsoda and Ka'ai Cluney.[22]

In June 2021, it was announced that she, alongside Brian Mitsoda, had joined The Fermi Paradox development team at Anomaly Games.[23]

Bibliography

External links

Notes and References

  1. http://gamerant.com/the-charnel-house-trilogy-reviews/ "‘The Charnel House Trilogy’ Review: Pixelated Horror Game Gets Mixed Results"
  2. News: Cara Ellison Kickstarts Games Critic Career with Patreon. Greg Tito. 17 March 2014. The Escapist. 26 November 2014. 1 December 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201040654/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/video-games/conferences/gdc2014/11126-Cara-Ellison-Kickstarts-Games-Critic-Career-with-Patreon. dead.
  3. News: The top 30 young people in digital media: Nos 10-1. 17 March 2014. The Guardian.
  4. News: Old friends: an ode to Defence of the Ancients. Cara. Ellison. 6 November 2012. PC Gamer.
  5. News: Don't Take Love Personally, Babe: Being Single In Public. 24 April 2012. Cara. Ellison. Unwinnable.
  6. News: Choose Your Own Anna Anthropy Interview. 20 June 2012. Cara. Ellison. Rock Paper Shotgun.
  7. http://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2015/04/the-charnel-house-trilogy-review.html "The Charnel House Trilogy Review: Dangers on a Train"
  8. Web site: Cara Ellison . The Guardian . 19 August 2015.
  9. News: The Complete S.EXE, Cara Ellison's Series About Games, Sex and Relationships. 1 May 2015. Rock Paper Shotgun.
  10. News: Latest from Cara Ellison. VICE UK.
  11. News: Games Media Awards toast new talent and top writers. 10 October 2013. MCV.
  12. http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2015/02/critical-distance-week-videogame-blogging-6 "Critical Distance: This Week in Videogame Blogging #6 '
  13. Web site: Support Cara Ellison creating transmetropolitan games criticism. 29 September 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20171117165645/http://www.patreon.com/carachan#_=_. 17 November 2017. dead.
  14. Web site: 2022-06-20 . The Inspirational Quarterly on Apple Podcasts . 2023-08-11 . Apple Podcasts . en-US.
  15. Web site: Grand Theft Auto IV credits. 29 September 2014. 14 November 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141114115306/http://www.allgame.com/game.php?id=49834&tab=credits. dead.
  16. News: Text Games in a New Era of Stories. 6 July 2014. Chris. Suellentrop. New York Times.
  17. Web site: Dishonored 2 Credits. MobyGames. MobyGames.
  18. Web site: Cara Ellison. Giant Bomb. Giant Bomb.
  19. Web site: Video game intimacy discussed at Dare ProtoPlay. NewBay Media. 19 August 2015. 12 March 2017. https://web.archive.org/web/20170312061323/http://www.develop-online.net/press-releases/video-game-intimacy-discussed-at-dare-protoplay/0209877. dead.
  20. News: O'Connor . Alice . 2015-09-24 . Twin-Stick Shootyfun: Assault Android Cactus Released . en . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . 2023-02-15.
  21. News: Fahey . Mike . 2015-09-28 . So Many Robots Die In The First Five Minutes Of Assault Android Cactus . en . Kotaku . 2023-02-15.
  22. Web site: 'Vampire: The Masquerade – Bloodlines 2' loses senior narrative designer. 21 October 2020. Bandlab Technologies. 23 October 2020.
  23. News: Beckhelling . Imogen . 2021-06-10 . Former Vampire: The Masquerade - Bloodlines 2 writers join a sci-fi strategy game . en . Rock, Paper, Shotgun . 2022-05-30.
  24. Web site: The State of Play: Creators and Critics on Video Game Culture. Seven Stories Press. Seven Stories Press. 20 October 2015.
  25. Web site: Embed with Games: A Year on the Couch with Game Developers. Birlinn Ltd.. Polygon. 10 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20171201133357/https://www.birlinn.co.uk/Embed-with-Games.html. 1 December 2017. dead.

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