I know it’s a million years away, but I’m excited to say that I’ll be officially participating this September at Arse Elektronika 2008, the awesome sex tech conference we talked about last week. Specifically, I’ll be presenting a topic in the “Narrative” track called “Princess Peach the Porn Star: Power in Erotic Video Game Fan Fiction.” Sound familiar, Heroine Sheik readers? Remember, the theme of this year’s conference is “Critical Perspectives on Sexuality and Pornography in Science and Social Fiction.” From my proposal:
Writing fan fiction is a popular—and often under-appreciated—way for video game enthusiasts to take an active role in their relationship to the medium they love. Frequently composed by younger fans, erotic stories dominate this genre. A survey of video game fan fiction published online shows that, at one time or another, players have used their own words to sexualize nearly every video game character ever created.
What we want to know is why so much video game fan fiction is erotic in nature. Is it because its authors want to see what happens after when their beloved characters ride off into the sunset, princesses on their arms? Or because they’re living out fantasies through the figures they admire and know best? Or is it simply because they have an unshakable case of sex on the brain?
With the help of author interviews and a number of erotic story close-readings, this presentation posits that the sexual nature of video game fan fiction is actually a question of power. Video games give players the chance to exert control over characters. This control is itself sexual—mimicking the power constructs of dominance and submission. When the player writes a piece of erotic fan fiction, he’s taken this control one step farther, manipulating the game to his sexual desires, reenacting his original interactive experience using the creative power of the fan fiction art form…
What do you say? Will I see you there?
Bonnie Ruberg is a sex, technology, and video games journalist who contributes regularly to publications like The Economist, Forbes, and The Village Voice. By day she's also a comparative literature PhD student at UC Berkeley, where she studies French, English, gender, sexuality, surrealism and perversion. You can reach her at [her first name and last name, all one big word] AT gmail DOT com.
April 16th, 2008 at 7:49 pm
San Francisco, eh? I’m so there!
April 17th, 2008 at 5:01 am
hrmmm… how much is the entry fee? :O
April 17th, 2008 at 8:43 am
Good question, Darkpen. I’ll be sure to keep you posted with details!
April 17th, 2008 at 4:36 pm
hmm, where is my candle cause I wished I could be there
April 18th, 2008 at 1:29 am
Haha, lighters work too. I could sign something slow and folky, if that would help…
April 18th, 2008 at 10:10 am
Oh, and always excellent choice of picture. Just the right balance of adorable and smutty.
April 18th, 2008 at 7:43 pm
This sounds pretty interesting, but attending is right out for me. Will they be publishing conference proceedings, or is there some other way to obtain a transcript of the talk after the conference?
May 28th, 2008 at 3:21 pm
@halfassured:
we will publish a collection of all the talks given at arse elektronika 2008
cheers
johannes (monochrom)
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