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The game, <em>Dead by Daylight</em>, origally me out 2016, but quickly enveloped my life. Workg om home wh mimal social teractn and loomg fancial prery put a heavy stra on my mental health, and a horror vio game where I’m nstantly fightg for survival felt like a kd of virtual exposure therapy.</p><p class="paywall">If you haven’t played before, here are the gameplay basics for <em>Dead by Daylight</em>. Five players are each round: one killer and a team of four survivors. The team of survivors work together to repair generators, while the killer attempts to tch the survivors and impale their bodi on giant hooks strewn across the map. If the team of survivors is able to repair five generators, then any survivors who have not been sacrificed by the killer n try to pe out the ex gat.</p><div class="GenericCalloutWrapper-tojWn ftdwXT llout--has-top-borr" data-ttid="GenericCallout"><asi class="Sibar-pgAgH kJWjjR" data-ttid="SibarEmbed"><div role="headg" aria-level="4" class="paywall headg-h4" data-sectn-tle=""><a href=">Sign Up Today</a></div><figure class="AssetEmbedWrapper-eVDQiB byBkf asset-embed"><div class="AssetEmbedAssetContaer-eJxoAx dBHGoQ asset-embed__asset-ntaer"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa AssetEmbedRponsiveAsset-cXBNxi eCxVQK asset-embed__rponsive-asset rponsive-image"><noscript><img alt="Image may nta Text" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src=" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w, 960w, 1280w, 1600w" siz="100vw"/></noscript></picture></span></div></figure><div role="headg" aria-level="5" class="paywall headg-h5" data-sectn-tle=""></div><div role="headg" aria-level="5" class="paywall headg-h5" data-sectn-tle=""><a href=">Sign up for our Gam newsletter</a> and never miss our latt <a href=">gamg tips, reviews, and featur</a>.</div></asi></div><p class="paywall">I am fely not the only member of the queer muny currently obssed wh <em>Dead by Daylight</em>. The game is que popular wh Twch streamers who e the LGBTQIA+ tag. Even <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Trixie Mattel</a>, om <em>Rupl’s Drag Race</em>, is an avid fan of the game and recently played <em>Dead by Daylight</em> on Twch as part of a chary stream.</p><div class="Contaer-bkChBi byNLHx"></div><p class="paywall"><em>Dead by Daylight</em> flh out s survivors and killers wh tailed game lore explorg their backstory and motivatns. In June, the velopment team behd <em>Dead by Daylight</em>, Behavr, <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">acknowledged a lack of diversy</a> the game’s lore: “We did set our character’s preferenc the past, notably heterosexual relatnships,” the velopers posted on the game’s official Twter acunt.</p><p class="paywall">We spoke wh five Twch streamers who are members of the queer muny and regularly play <em>Dead by Daylight</em> to vtigate why a vio game that was not tentnally created for the queer muny has gaed such tractn wh this dience.</p><div><div class="ConsumerMarketgUnThemedWrapper-iUTMTf jssHut nsumer-marketg-un nsumer-marketg-un--article-mid-ntent" role="prentatn" aria-hidn="te"><div class="nsumer-marketg-un__slot nsumer-marketg-un__slot--article-mid-ntent nsumer-marketg-un__slot---ntent"></div><div class="journey-un"></div></div></div><p class="paywall">Sammy, aka <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">simplammy</a>, primarily streams as a survivor <em>Dead by Daylight</em>. He is pecially drawn to the character of Zara. “I was hontly so surprised when she was released, bee I relate to her so much. My dad is a Syrian immigrant to Canada, and her story is siar. She is the child of two Arab immigrant parents (<a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">reference</a>) who e to the U.S,” he said.</p><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ ad ad---ntent"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot---ntent" data-no-id="598u"></div></div><p class="paywall">In the game lore for <em>Dead by Daylight</em>, Zara Kassir nsirs changg her first name to Kara. Sammy intified wh the prsure to adopt a more Wternized name, “My name is Sammy. That’s my full name; ’s not Samuel.” In English, the name Sammy is often nsired a nickname, but “.. Arabic, means <em>of a higher liber</em>. It actually has a betiful meang.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-1 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p class="paywall">While he culturally relat to Zara, Sammy admted that <em>Dead by Daylight</em> might benef om addnal queer reprentatn among s characters. “For a game that has so many queer people playg , why not have one of them be somewhere unr the umbrella?”</p><p class="paywall">Sammy pared the experience of watchg a <em>Dead by Daylight</em> stream on Twch to watchg “a mi horror movie” and mentned the populary of the horror genre wh the queer muny. “When to <em>Dead by Daylight</em> specifilly, you n be a survivor beg chased by a killer. 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noopener" target="_blank">jtsaynotojoe</a>, was drawn to playg <em>Dead by Daylight</em> by watchg other people stream as the survivor. “I thk the thg that appeals to me about <em>Dead by Daylight</em>, is the same thg that appeals to me about a lot of horror movi. You’re rootg for that survivor. You’re rootg for that fal girl, pecially. Gays love a strong female character survivg at the end.”</p><p class="paywall"><em>Dead by Daylight</em> regularly partners wh horror movi to release paid downloadable ntent featurg licensed characters. If you are playg <em>Dead by Daylight</em> as the killer, you n be Michael Myers om <em>Halloween</em>, Freddy Keger om <em>A Nightmare on Elm Street,</em> and Amanda Young om <em>Saw</em>. Multiple characters are rporated om the <em>Stranger Thgs</em> universe: Nancy Wheeler and Steve Harrgton as survivors and the Demogon as a killer.</p><p class="paywall">It was one of the horror anchis that brought Ju, aka <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">mermaidqueenju</a>, back to playg the game, “I started playg <em>Dead by Daylight</em> aga when they released Silent Hill.” Wh numero, inic horror villas on the roster, players might feel enticed to keep playg the game (and spendg money) based on tellectual property they are already faiar wh. “As someone who grew up on the <em>Scream</em> Ghost Face the game is one of my favore thgs and mak me so happy.”</p><p class="paywall">Also, Ju appreciated how <em>Dead by Daylight</em> featured <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">a drag queen servg Jane Romero realns</a> on their Twter acunt and <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">stood by the vio</a> when some Twter ers negatively reacted. Ju said, “They were blockg people who were beg homophobic and transphobic the ments. Behavr has been so vol about protectg queer spac and upliftg ways that they n as a velopment pany. It mak feel safer than other gamg muni.”</p><p class="paywall">Evid, aka <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Evid515</a>, is a member of team <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">Stream Queens</a> on Twch and scrib herself as a “beard, bty, beer-lovg drag queen who plays a lot of <em>Dead by Daylight</em>.” Durg our nversatn, she shared siar views about Behavr’s posts on social media. “I thk that beg embraced by the velopment pany as queer, LGBTQIA+ dividuals has been great.”</p><p class="paywall">The variety of gameplay experienc is another reason that Evid lov streamg the game. “I’ve always been a gamer, so ’s nice that you n change up perks, change up killers, and change up survivors. Each match feels brand new.”</p><div data-attr-viewport-monor="le-recirc" class="le-recirc-wrapper le-recirc-observer-target-2 viewport-monor-anchor"></div><p class="paywall">Vlet, who streams as <a data-offer-url=" class="external-lk" data-event-click="{"element":"ExternalLk","outgogURL":"" href=" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">ThatNerdVlet</a>, also enjoys playg <em>Dead by Daylight</em> as both the killer and the survivor but streams more as a survivor. “While I’m streamg, I tend to prefer survivor a ltle b more, bee giv me that downtime when I n still chat wh my muny and make that nnectn. 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data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gKnDpj"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Meet the Artists Reventg Hip Hop on YouTube and TikTok" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent summary-em__ntent--no-bric"><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM ejgyuy summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-2" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ hEVeCr summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Meet the Artists Reventg Hip Hop on YouTube and TikTok</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd dyJpMk htqA summary-em__k summary-em__k--extra-spacg">Rap was born New York Cy; s current hub is Atlanta. The next big scene? Milwkee, where a new generatn is takg creative ntrol.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY iQEKph summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH cExbzu byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Amos Barshad</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff hmmRSZ summary-em summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm hyFotV" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gKnDpj"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Meetg Séad O’Connor a Cracker Barrel Parkg Lot, 1998" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent summary-em__ntent--no-bric"><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM ejgyuy summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-3" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ hEVeCr summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">Meetg Séad O’Connor a Cracker Barrel Parkg Lot, 1998</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd dyJpMk htqA summary-em__k summary-em__k--extra-spacg">The Irish sger beme world-renowned long before artists’ every teractn land on social media. Maybe that’s a good thg.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY iQEKph summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH cExbzu byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Angela Watercutter</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="AdWrapper-dQtivb fZrssQ SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm hyFotV ad ad--read-more"><div class="ad__slot ad__slot--read-more" data-no-id="cmvs4"></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff hmmRSZ summary-em summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm hyFotV" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-4" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gKnDpj"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="One of Gamg’s Biggt YouTubers Wants to Replace Himself Wh AI" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent summary-em__ntent--no-bric"><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM ejgyuy summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-4" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ hEVeCr summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed">One of Gamg’s Biggt YouTubers Wants to Replace Himself Wh AI</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd dyJpMk htqA summary-em__k summary-em__k--extra-spacg">Jordi Van Den Bsche, aka Kwebbelkop, opens up about his new vio that an AI mol to reproduce his physil prence. But will fans still watch an AI clone?</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY iQEKph summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH cExbzu byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Chris Stokel-Walker</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff hmmRSZ summary-em summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm hyFotV" role="button" tabx="0"><div class="SummaryItemAssetContaer-gwhFFH VOyg summary-em__asset-ntaer"><a class="SummaryItemImageLk-dshqxb cPpCwE summary-em__image-lk summary-em-trackg__image-lk" href=" aria-hidn="te" tabx="-1" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-image-5" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" target="_self"><span class="SpanWrapper-umhxW kGxnNB rponsive-asset SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image"><div data-tt="aspect-rat-ntaer" class="AspectRatContaer-bJHpJz gKnDpj"><div class="aspect-rat--overlay-ntaer"><picture class="RponsiveImagePicture-cWuUZO dUOtEa SummaryItemRponsiveAsset-hjGIGg bDvSkO summary-em__image rponsive-image"><noscript><source media="(max-width: 767px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><source media="(m-width: 768px)" srcSet=" 120w, 240w, 320w, 640w" siz="100vw"/><img alt="Barbie’s Succs Go Beyond the Box Office" class="RponsiveImageContaer-eybHBd fptoWY rponsive-image__image" src="></noscript></picture></div></div></span></a></div><div class="SummaryItemContent-eiDYMl XMZX summary-em__ntent summary-em__ntent--no-bric"><a class="SummaryItemHedLk-civM ejgyuy summary-em-trackg__hed-lk summary-em__hed-lk" data-ponent-type="recirc-river" data-recirc-id="em-hed-5" data-recirc-pattern="summary-em" href=" target="_self"><div data-ttid="ClampWrapper" class="ClampWrapper-kZxfkB hTTNGO clamp SummaryItemHedBase-hiFYpQ hEVeCr summary-em__hed"><div class="ClampContent-hilPkr jVhSBH"><div class="SummaryItemHedTag-TWblf gxaOcP" data-ttid="SummaryItemHed"><em>Barbie</em>’s Succs Go Beyond the Box Office</div></div></div></a><div class="BaseWrap-sc-gjQpdd BaseText-ewhhUZ SummaryItemDek-CRfsi iUEiRd dyJpMk htqA summary-em__k summary-em__k--extra-spacg">Together wh <em>Oppenheimer</em>, the so-lled Barbenheimer openg weekend topped $244 ln domtilly. But that’s not s most astonishg achievement.</div><div class="SummaryItemByleWrapper-boCfbi cuRXdL summary-em__byle-date-in"><div class="SummaryItemBaseByle-fFbXkY iQEKph summary-em__byle"><div class="summary-em__byle__ntent"><div data-ttid="BylWrapper" class="BylWrapper-KIudk irTIfE byl"><p class="ByleWrapper-jWHrLH cExbzu byle byl__byle" data-ttid="ByleWrapper" emProp="thor" emType="><span emProp="name" class="ByleNamWrapper-jbHncj fuDQVo"><span data-ttid="ByleName" class="ByleName-kwmrLn cYaBaU byle__name">Angela Watercutter</span></span></p></div></div></div></div></div></div><div class="SummaryItemWrapper-iwvBff hmmRSZ summary-em summary-em--ARTICLE summary-em--no-in summary-em--text-align-left summary-em--layout-placement-text-below summary-em--layout-posn-image-left summary-em--layout-proportns-50-50 summary-em--si-by-si-align-center summary-em--si-by-si-image-right-mobile-false summary-em--standard SummaryCollectnGridSummaryItem-WColm hyFotV" role="button" tabx="0"><div 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