Kermit O
WRITER • EDUCATOR • DREAMER — Light brown. Unapologetically Black. Punches up. Writing a dreampunk novel about kids, trauma, and parallel worlds.

The Return of Fear Effect and Fears About Its Effect

April 23, 2016 • Media Criticism, Video Games


Fear Effect is coming back. Have you heard? After the heartbreak of Inferno’s cancellation, and a 15 year wait with no new game in sight, French indie studio Sushee Games is creating Fear Effect: Sedna. Concerned about representations of Inuit peoples in the game, I decided to contact Sushee Games about how they would handle the use of Inuit aesthetic, cultural stories and history.

Cultural Appropriation, Fear Effect: Sedna, Inuit

Contemplating Cultural Appropriation

November 9, 2010 • Until the Monsters Come, Writing

In Until the Monsters Come, I borrow from first-hand accounts of the Stolen Generations of Indigenous Australians. As I’ve continued writing, however, I’ve gotten to thinking about cultural appropriation…

Cultural Appropriation, Media Representation, Writer's Responsibility

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