Did The Sims make you gay? - a video essay.

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Get Surfshark VPN at https://surfshark.deals/avila - Enter promo code AVILA for 83% off and three extra months for free! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/aretheygay MERCH, LEARNING, AND BUSINESS INQUIRIES: https://www.itsall.gay Twitter: https://twitter.com/aretheygay Music: https://www.itsall.gay/music Tumblr: http://aretheygayvideos.tumblr.com Discord: https://discord.gg/2Dde5hDq9z It's no doubt The Sims is an influential video game. In this video essay, we're going to talk about its GAY influence, particularly the role it plays in queer people's identity development. Enjoy the presentation as we go over how the Sims influenced a generation in letting them live out their Tumblr dreams... SOURCES------------ Clips from How Videogames Changed the World https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32wN4IIDW1o Sociological Definition of Ideology From John J Macionis, Sociology Information on Althusser https://cla.purdue.edu/academic/english/theory/marxism/modules/althusserideology.html#:~:text=Althusser%20posits%20a%20series%20of,existence%22%20(Lenin%20109) Gender/Identity Performativity Judith Butler, Gender Trouble The Term “Homosexual” Judith Takacs, The Double Life of Kertbeny Power and the Identity of Homosexual Michel Foucault, The History of Sexuality Gameplay footage: The Sims - BarakaPlay The Sims 2 - Giraffe Goober The Sims 3 Gay Wedding - Cahos Rahne Veloza The Sims 3 - angelarts The Sims 3 Women Kissing - Jane Tyn The Sims 4 - Lucca The Sims 4 (second clip) - Its Frosty The Sims 4 CAS - Coolnickyd Toilets Slavoj Zizek, The Plague of Fantasies Secondary Literature studying the Sims: Miguel Sicart, “Family Values: Ideology, Computer Games, & Sims”