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Jess
@jane-ares.bsky.social
PhD CANDIDATE dissertating about the Gothic and the internet. friendly neighborhood queer Gothicist. secret folklorist. she/her
"I believe" because I am pretty sure I skipped it even as a teen horror connoisseur
January 29, 2025 at 8:16 PM
"setting as character" because it also covers "haunted house"!
November 22, 2024 at 10:05 PM
Dear Esther, Gone Home, and Oxenfree. it was specifically a GenEd Gothic lit class, so everything was on the spooky side and broadly represented certain tropes. I also had to keep it inexpensive and accessible to people who don't usually play games.

and it was AWESOME.
November 22, 2024 at 10:02 PM
I assigned SOMA for my video games as literature class and my students were like, "WHY WOULD YOU HURT US LIKE THIS (affectionately)"
November 22, 2024 at 6:58 PM
it really is!
November 22, 2024 at 6:56 PM