Merritt k explained

merritt k
Other Names:Merritt Kopas
Birth Date:October 1
Birth Place:Hamilton, Ontario, Canada[1] [2]
Occupation:game designer, author

merritt k,[3] formerly Merritt Kopas, is a Canadian writer, editor, and video game designer.

k is known for her games LIM, HUGPUNX, and Consensual Torture Simulator. She said that the theme of her games is "the capacity of digital games to convey care relationships; either to provide a sense of care to the player or to invest her in the project of caring for another."[4] She is also the author of Internet fiction and zines such as Dear Pauline and These Were Free on my Blog.[5] [6] From 2019 to 2023, she was an editor at Fanbyte.[7]

k is the editor of the Twine game print anthology Videogames for Humans and co-author of the poetry collection Total Mood Killer and the comics-poetry hybrid text Internet Murder Revenge Fantasy. In 2024, she published LAN Party, a photo book revisiting the early 2000s heyday of the LAN party.[8]

Career

k was raised on games and the Choose Your Own Adventure book series. In 2012, she was inspired by games made with the interactive fiction tool Twine, and has made several games with the software since.[9] [10] LIM was released for free on the internet and is about trying to meet society's expectations.[11] Her book, Videogames for Humans, was described by VICE Motherboard as "a 'historical document' that not only features games, but also the experiences of play that specific people have had with a game itself."[12] [13] [14]

k greatly credits Anna Anthropy and her publication of Rise of the Videogame Zinesters in 2012 as having a great influence on the indie gaming scene. Her game (ASMR) Vin Diesel DMing a Game of D&D Just For You has been described as "an example of games as caregiving".[15]

On her personal website, k has published such games as Minkomora, Obeissance, and Take Care – the last one described as a game in which the player reaches through the ether to offer comfort to a distressed person.[5] Some of her smaller pieces, such a Texture Piece-style game called Super Consent, deal with the complexities of issues like consent and why and how they should be dealt with in culture.

In September 2016, the NYU Game Center announced k as their first-ever artist in residence.[16]

(ASMR) Vin Diesel DMing a Game of D&D Just For You

(ASMR) Vin Diesel DMing a Game of D&D Just For You was designed by k in 2015. The Twine game features American actor Vin Diesel providing a "quick game" of the fantasy tabletop role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons to help the player feel better about themselves. Diesel is also a big fan of D&D.[17] The game involves pictures of the actor as well as text introducing the game to the player. The autonomous sensory meridian response (ASMR) aspect of the game is in the gameplay rather than as audio.

Podcasts

k hosts her own podcast called Woodland Secrets, where she interviews primarily women, people of color, and queer people.[18] On June 19, 2016, she began hosting Dadfeelings, a podcast about fictional dads and the feelings associated with them. k also guest starred on the Polygon podcast CoolGames Inc. for an episode.[19]

Games

Notes and References

  1. 73: Cory Silverberg . Woodland Secrets . merritt k . September 11, 2016 . 1:50 . 20 November 2022 .
  2. Episode 26: Ev O'Driscoll . The K-Hole . . merritt k . June 23, 2021 . 5:40 . 20 November 2022 .
  3. k . merritt . merrittk . 854047158277988353 . April 17, 2017 . my full name is merritt k. all other renditions are deprecated . April 17, 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170422110939if_/https://twitter.com/merrittk/status/854047158277988353 . April 22, 2017 . dead.
  4. Web site: merritt kopas. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  5. Web site: merritt kopas. itch.io. October 26, 2015.
  6. Web site: These Were Free On My Blog. itch.io. March 29, 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160428104913/https://a-dire-fawn.itch.io/these-were-free#. 2016-04-28. dead.
  7. Web site: So Long, and Thanks For All the Games. merritt k. Fanbyte. 2023-05-31. 2024-07-27.
  8. Web site: Inside the world of 90s gamers and LAN Party culture. Günseli Yalcinkaya. Dazed. 2024-01-18. 2024-07-27.
  9. Web site: Lambda Literary. October 26, 2015.
  10. Web site: 'If You Stop and Look, You Will Literally Die': An Interview with Merritt Kopas – Hazlitt. Hazlitt. May 25, 2015. October 26, 2015.
  11. Book: Creativity in the Digital Age Springer Series on Cultural Computing. Nelson. Zagalo. Pedro. Branco. Springer. 63. 2015. 978-1-447-16681-8.
  12. What's a Twine Game? Let Videogames for Humans Show You. Daniel. Joseph. VICE Motherboard. May 4, 2015. April 27, 2017.
  13. Videogames For Humans edited by Merritt Kopas. Javy. Gwaltney. Paste Magazine. May 29, 2015. October 26, 2015.
  14. Book: The Routledge Companion to the Cultural Industries. Kate. Oakley. Justin. O'Connor. Routledge. 159. 2015. 978-1-317-53398-6.
  15. Web site: Are any of your favorites in this awesome game curation?. boingboing.net. October 14, 2015. October 27, 2015.
  16. Web site: Announcing Artist in Residence merritt k. September 15, 2016. August 28, 2017.
  17. Web site: Ben. Kuchera. Let Vin Diesel be your Dungeon Master in this relaxing, comforting game. Polygon. Vox Media. May 27, 2015. April 15, 2017.
  18. Web site: Woodland Secrets. Woodlandsecrets.co. March 4, 2016.
  19. Web site: CoolGames Inc. Episode 8: Austin Powers (feat. Merritt Kopas). soundcloud.com. January 2, 2017.
  20. Web site: TERF War. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  21. Web site: Leszkiewicz . Anna . The McDonalds sim and September 12: what does it mean for a videogame to be political? . Newstatesman.com . February 19, 2013 . 2016-08-22.
  22. Web site: Lim. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  23. Web site: Princess Queen. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  24. Web site: Sugarcane. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015. dead. https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20130704195741/http://mkopas.net/files/Brace/Brace.html#. 2013-07-04.
  25. Web site: Sugarcane. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  26. Web site: Jonah. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  27. Web site: Jonah. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  28. Web site: OCTOPY. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  29. Web site: HUGPUNX. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.
  30. Web site: Consensual Torture Simulator: Is game violence meaningful enough? . Gamasutra.com . December 12, 2013 . 2016-08-22.
  31. Web site: Consensual Torture Simulator. Gumroad. October 26, 2015. October 25, 2015. https://web.archive.org/web/20151025162920/https://gumroad.com/l/consensualtorturesimulator. dead.
  32. Web site: TAKE CARE. mkopas.net. October 26, 2015.

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