John Adkins

Bio

John Gabriel Adkins is a writer and game developer. This year his stories have appeared in Five 2 One, Literary Orphans, Sick Lit Magazine and other publications.
What happened to the women who built the video game industry?
By John Adkins
I realized that this pioneer industry that I had never considered ... was actually a new frontier. And it was unencumbered by the ossification and the prejudices that I was already seeing in the film industry, just from my view from film school. So…
The untold origins of Gamergate — and the gaming legends who spawned the modern culture of abuse
By John Adkins
“There are very few female developers who are public figures nowadays, especially in key creative roles like lead designer, and there are also very few female reviewers in any venue where they are being heard rather than just ‘seen.' Whereas when I…