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ZEAL is a micro zine of critical essays on the least talked about games worth talking about, with art, essays, and more from exciting new talent. Find our more and help fund us at patreon.com/mammonmachine!
Editors
j bearhat
jbearhat.itch.io; zines ; writing ; terrible things ; good posts tho (icon by rory frances)
Writers
eva problems
dragon yuri from slime dimenion who sometimes makes queer games about queer stuff but mostly blogs
Annie Mok
Annie Mok is a cartoonist, writer, illustrator, Rookie contributor, singer in See-Through Girls http://t.co/EVWI8C9uRG http://t.co/4krgh7TqMD
Greg Petrovic
Writer of things. Co-wrote http://www.fredwardbound.com and a handful of rude essays about video games.
Brian Crimmins
A freelance games writer who specializes in older Japanese games not many people know about.
j bearhat
jbearhat.itch.io; zines ; writing ; terrible things ; good posts tho (icon by rory frances)
Rhiannon Rasmussen
Rhiannon Rasmussen is a nonbinary lesbian who lies on stacks of paper dreaming about teeth. http://www.rhiannonrs.com
Robert Yang
Indie game dev, academic, practicing homosexual. I teach at Parsons @mfadt + @NYUGameCenter + @NYUPoly IDM // gay-married to @eddiecameron
Zoyander Street
Critical historical practice with games — PhD student @lancasteruni • Senior Curator @critdistance • Editor-in-Chief @meminsf • Polyam bi genderqueer trans guy
Bruno Dias
I write for and about games relating to fantasy, science, the future, and politics. “The most dangerous person in interactive fiction.”
Durante Pierpaoli
He/They. Musician and Writer (Videogames, music, bit of sports for fun.) You can support me by buying my book at durante-p.itch.io/book-preview
alyssa kai
I made an album called contingency and it’s at http://lyskoi.bandcamp.com, otherwise I’m at http://lyskoi.net or @lyskoi
Owen Vince
@pyramideditions // poet + editor + publisher // writing about architecture and video games // Toulouse, France
NetSalvage
Formerly Todd Susser. Insomniac. Makes games, draws, makes scale models, codes sometimes. Enthusiast of alternative mecha & sci-fi. http://netsalvage.itch.io
optimisticDuelist
A Nonbinary latino psych major who wants to break the world's shell. he/him or they/them. https://www.patreon.com/optimisticDuelist
Matthew B. Hare
Writer and pop cultist. Incurably idealistic. Driven by a crippling addiction to bad puns.
Lyndis Mushin
Dev on Dragonfruit: a Mother's Love. Specialty: Words and Systems. Internally coherent, externally undergoing maintenance.
Robin Billadeau
A very skittish person with honest intentions. COMICS: thewomanwhowasthursday.com | TWITTER @DangerDontStop
Florina Draglede Infinitysplitter Mushin
Did you know that Florina can only think of four things at once? Right now, she’s thinking about robot girls, birds, games, and a haircut.
Teresa Navarro
Goblin enthusiast, flan lover, writer. // writing twitter @teresannavarro // personal twitter @vicunad
seren krakens
“Those marble pupils in the pasty spherical head are like the eye-pieces of a microscope through which you can watch the tangled mind laid flat on the slide.”
Eme Flores
Memes, games, Social Justice bullshit, mamadas en español y cosas hipster. Adherente a la sexta
Kastel
I edit http://tanoshimi.xyz and contribute to various places. My work twitter is @kastelwrites and I’ll never get over Chaos;Child’s and Wild Arms 2’s endings.
Chris Russo
Brooklyn-based illustrator and designer. @chriscalmdown on social media. chrisrussodraws.com
Ruune
Retired folk-fairy-nomad turned rising pop star, student of Neptune. Support work at https://www.patreon.com/ruunemagick, consume work at https://ruune.itch.io/
Stubs McGee
I create Hot Takes for Hot Heads. Been writing professionally for about two years now. You can follow my Patreon here: https://www.patreon.com/stubsmcgee
Callum Angus
Essays and fiction in The Common, The Offing, them.us, The Millions, BuzzFeed etc. Lambda Literary Fellow. Museums, games, queers. www.calangus.com
Liam Conlon
former top JoJo's Bizarre Adventure: Heritage for the Future player; queer communist trash; pixels, words & art: https://www.truerealsuper.com/ (they/them)
Anna Blackwell
I'm a freelance writer and game designer who loves games that do things differently and stories that do things well.
Rachel Presser
Game dev, writer, small biz & tax consultant to indie devs. That loud socialist Frog Slut from The Bronx, now in Angel City. https://linktr.ee/sonictoad
Jon Bailes
Freelance critic and author of Ideology and the Virtual City (Zero Books, 2019). PhD from UCL. Culture, neoliberalism, ideology and video games. @JonBailes3
Chris Compendio
A writer and sad boi who loves video games, Marvel movies and TV, pop culture, and sleeping. Follow me on Twitter @Compenderizer
Tony Wei Ling
Managing Editor @ Nat.Brut. Studies comics, contemporary literature, and new media at UCLA.
Liz Ryerson
ዢ ә ഽ ഽ Ꮻ ᘻ Ꮍ א Ꮊ ṛᾐ ἓ Ꭵ ֆ ᒑ Ꮠ ᵶ || lesbian trans musician/visual artist/writer/curator/game designer
Priya Sridhar
A 2016 MBA graduate and published author, Priya Sridhar has been writing fantasy and science fiction for fifteen years, and counting.
Peter Z Grimm
Peter Grimm’s writing interests are in radical social/cultural critique. He tweets @The_Slavsquatch.
Virginia Paine
Virginia Paine is a cartoonist and illustrator from Portland, OR. She has a BA in History and has been writing and drawing her whole life.
David Cole
David Cole is a writer and mediaslinger. This blue-eyed international Kentucky gentleman likes video games. See more realness: www.davidcole.space
