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merritt k, formerly Merritt Kopas, is a Canadian video game designer and developer, as well as an author and a zine creator. k is best 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." She is also the author of Internet fiction and zines such as ''Dear Pauline'' and ''These Were Free on my Blog''. 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''.


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 '' Interactive fiction, often abbreviated IF, is software simulating environments in which players use text commands to control characters and influence the environment. Works in this form can be understood as literary narratives, either in the ...
tool Twine, and has made several games with the software since. ''LIM'' was released for free on the internet and is about trying to meet society's expectations. Her book, ''Videogames for Humans'', was described by VICE Motherboard as "a 'historical document' that not only features games, but also the experiences of play that specific people have had with a game itself." k greatly credits
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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". 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. 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.


''(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
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. 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 themself. Diesel is also a big fan of ''D&D''. 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. 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. She is currently the primary host of Fanbyte's flagship podcast ''Channel F''.


Games

* ''TERF War'' – July 2012 * ''LIM'' – August 2012 * ''Princess Queen'' – September 2012 * ''Brace'' – October 2012 * ''A Synchronous Ritual'' – October 2012 * ''Queer Pirate Plane'' – December 2012 * ''Bubblegum Slaughter'' – January 2013 * ''Octopy'' – March 2013 * ''Hugpunx'' – June 2013 * ''Consensual Torture Simulator'' – October 2013 * ''Take Care'' – October 2014


References


External links

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Dadfeelings podcast
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