The gaming world isn't filled only with violence and depravity. In fact, it's mostly enchanting.

The politics of fear are always the same. They are easily recognisable in retrospect. They are easy to acquiesce in at the time.

No human quality belongs to only one class of person. We all get to be both aggressive and loving. We all get to delight in our careers and revel in our children. We're all kind and brave, soft and hard, sciency and artsy, interested in being looked at and in admiring others' physical form. Everything.

People who were always hardbodies love that competitive style of team-sports activity: they come up with timers and fitness contests and personal bests. But for the vast majority of people, competition in exercise is not fun. It's no fun to compete if you know you can never win.

Utopias and dystopias can exist side by side, even in the same moment. Which one you're in depends entirely on your point of view.

Gaming is our cultural bogeyman - we blame it for everything from child obesity to violence to short attention spans. But any explanation that fits every situation ultimately explains nothing.

I am someone who really would like to see more women in government, but Palin makes me cringe every time I hear about her.

If gaming were seen as an art, the important question would be not whether games are good for us but whether they are good, full stop.

I really hope that men read 'The Power' and watch 'The Handmaid's Tale' and read 'The Handmaid's Tale.'