Shannon Lawlor received her PhD from University College Dublin in 2020. Her thesis examined the relationship between videogame self-reflexivity and digital technology. She has previously written on paternal masculinity in the essay “Your Daughter Is in Another Castle: Essential Paternal Masculinity,” which appeared in The Velvet Light Trap, no. 81 (2018).
Shannon Lawlor
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Why Play to Regret?
Videogames that demand female protagonists commit—and receive—violence may be captivating, thoughtful, and moral. But they are not fun to play.
