Archive identity
About PRSM
PRSM is a digital humanities prototype for reading queer game representation through structured data, visual analytics, and AI-assisted querying.
Description
PRSM is an AI-assisted research platform for exploring queer representation in video games.
The project combines structured character data, visual analytics, and natural language querying to examine identity, playability, narrative role, intersectionality, developers, release years, and evidence sources.
PRSM is designed as a living archive interface: a way to make patterns of queer game representation easier to explore while keeping the data grounded, structured, and reviewable.
Goal
Representation
Make queer video game characters more visible through structured, searchable data.
Goal
Research
Support analysis of identity, playability, narrative role, intersectionality, and representation quality.
Goal
Access
Create a public-facing interface where users can ask questions about queer game characters naturally.
Research framework
A guided archive, not an unrestricted chatbot.
PRSM is informed by queer game studies, representation studies, and digital humanities approaches to data visualization.
The dataset includes fields such as character name, game title, release year, developer, gender, sexuality, identity category, playability, narrative role, intersectionality, and evidence.
The AI component answers using only the structured dataset, allowing PRSM to work as a focused research interface.