Quotes from Zoe Quinn

Depression Quest's' tone is one of hope. Many players have told me they've tried to take steps in their life to get their illness under control. I tear up while reading my e-mail on subways a lot.

Monster Hearts is pretty cool!

Sailor Moon' was the first time I could say I was a super-duper-fan of something. I remember watching before school, at like 6 A.M. along with 'Dragonball Z' or 'Beast Wars,' depending on the months.

Any kind of gender expression is performance for me, regardless of where it is on the spectrum.

There have been a number of film, TV, and - actually - theater productions that have been based off of me. Pretty much none of them have ever actually spoken to me, and I die in most of them.

I know how nasty backlash can be on the Internet.

My family are so proud of me for standing up for marginalised people in nerd communities.

I was nerdy and awkward and didn't know how to talk to people - except online.

It's weird when you stop being a person to a lot of folks and just become a weird talking point. It's like you become a meme, and you're not a person anymore, and people don't mind stealing your life.

A big barrier to people getting help with online harassment is the general attitude either that it's not a real issue - that it's 'only' online - or that it's limited to someone saying they don't like you, and all of that stems from a basic misunderstanding of what we mean when we say 'online harassment.'

Whether you need technology in your body for medical reasons, or just want it to augment your senses or for experimentation, there are numerous fronts that open-source advocates are working on to make implantable technology safer, cheaper, and available to everyone.

I know the first time I see a 'Goddess Mode' cosplayer I'm going to cry in such a loud, obnoxious way that it'll be audible from space.

Growing up in a small town in upstate New York, some of the first real friendships I had were in chat rooms.

I grew up in a super small town in upstate New York; my nearest neighbour was really far away.

Our justice system is a punitive one that's there to sort of deal with what happens after someone's already offended.

Making accessible games opens up the world of digital play to people living with disability, or even simply people who lack the literacy of an intimidating twin-stick controller.

The reason I namecheck restorative justice so much is because that, to me, is the utopia.

The No. 1 thing I've seen actually help with online abuse is when the person has a good community or a strong support network that's savvy and that can help them.

GamerGate-promoted outlets fail at grown-up journalistic ethics, and they also fail at the cheap knockoff brand of GamerGate brand ethics, too.

The bulk of my work is comedy and I wanted to use the gaming world as a vehicle to deliver comedy.

I know that if enough people shout a falsehood, people start to think it's true and a lot of people don't do independent verification of everything they hear.

Vertigo's always been a label that experiments with new stuff and forms of subversion.

I just wanted to make video games.

I've lived my entire life online.