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{{Person Infobox
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| occupation = Writer, games critic
| affiliations = Rock, Paper, Shotgun, The Guardian and VICE
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'''Cara Ellison''' is a writer for The Guardian and VICE. Her work has appeared in [[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]], [[Eurogamer]], [[Kotaku]], [[The New York Times]], [[Wired]], and the New Statesman.<ref>https://archive.today/GzOP6</ref> She has also worked as a production co-ordinator at the BBC and as a co-writer on Charlie Brooker's "How Videogames Changed The World" for the British television broadcaster Channel 4.<ref>https://archive.today/GzOP6</ref>

==Conflicts of Interest==

===Anna Anthropy===
A collection of tweets from June 2012 to October 2014 show a close personal relationship between Ellison and Antropy.<ref>https://i.imgur.com/rgowOqL.jpg</ref>. Ellison has written about Anna Anthropy in a number of articles for IGN, The Guardian, Unwinnable and
VICE<ref>http://pastebin.com/bpmWpYz7 ([https://archive.today/ttQuj archived version])</ref>, all lacking disclosure about her personal relationship with Anthropy. She also failed to disclose a financial conflict of interest, regarding a donation of $250 to Anthropy's fundraiser. <ref>https://archive.today/drdqx</ref>

===Christine Love===

In the article "S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A", Ellison referenced multiple of Christine Love's games, stating: "(which I really should write about, though RPS cover her work enthusiastically)"<ref name="S.EXE" />, even going as far as asking Love "Can you hire me to be your PR? I would be so good at it" and "I pimp this shit for FREE" on Twitter.<ref>https://archive.is/qGpnB</ref><ref>https://archive.is/1M0UA</ref> It was not disclosed in the article that Love was donating to Ellison's Patreon at the time.<ref>[https://archive.today/Qtzgs Patreon of Christine Love]</ref>

===Gone Home===
Ellison wrote three articles about Gone Home, dating from 2 August 2013<ref>[https://archive.today/Gg5LK Riot, Girl: Gone Home To Launch On 15th August]</ref> ,15 September 2013<ref>[https://archive.today/oxQzX</ref> and 27 December 2013.<ref>[https://archive.today/Ltldx Cara Ellison's Top 10 Games of 2013]</ref>. On 19 December of the same year she did a humorous interview with Steven Gaynor, one of Gone Home's director,<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139666/ Gone Home] at the Internet Movie Database.</ref> while he was pretending to be a decorative item from the game.<ref>[https://archive.today/oe7vB An Exclusive Interview with Gone Home's Christmas Duck]</ref> None of the three articles nor the interview contained disclosure regarding Ellisons's personal relationships with people involved in the making of the game.

Ellison appears to have been friends with Gaynor for some time before writing about Gone Home. On 28 March, 2013, game writer Nick Breckon, who was at GDC at the time, twitted about having no plans for the time being. Ellison replied that she was near him and that Gaynor was with her.<ref>https://archive.today/UT7oy</ref> When Ellison asked Breckon what he did he planned to do, he said he wanted to go Smuggler's Cove (a bar in San Francisco<ref>https://archive.today/vHZRb</ref>). Alice Liang, another participant in the conversation, told Breckon and Ellison to meet her at Smuggler's Cove that night and asked Ellison to bring Gaynor along with her, a request to which Ellison complied.<ref>https://archive.today/opmMk</ref> Later that day, Ellison confirmed on twitter that she had been to Smuggler's Cove "with the [Steven Gaynor] fanclub."<ref>https://archive.today/MHi6D</ref>

On April 2013 Ellison and Gaynor became Facebook friends.<ref>https://archive.today/VChRN</ref> On May May 24, 2013, Gaynor announced on twitter that he was going to New York and wished to hang out. Ellison asked him is she can join him, and Gaynor replied positively.<ref>https://archive.today/Mapzz</ref> On 19 June, 2013, Ellison told Gaynor to come visit her in the UK, saying she will provide him with accommodations.<ref>https://archive.today/tsNQK#selection-1901.1-1901.57</ref> Further affectionate tweets were exchanged between the two on 28 July, 2013.<ref>https://archive.today/3nThJ</ref><ref>https://archive.today/ihSvN</ref>

Sarah Elmaleh, who voiced Katie (Gone Home's playable character),<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB" /><ref>[http://gonehome.wikia.com/wiki/Kaitlin_Greenbriar Kaitlin Greenbriar article on the Gone Home wiki]</ref> has been friends with Ellison since as early as 26 April 2012, as on that day Ellison herself called Elmaleh a friend of hers.<ref>https://archive.today/K1qt8#selection-1051.56-1061.40</ref> Cara would continue to express affection toward Elmaleh afterwards,<ref>https://archive.today/ntp6a#selection-1035.0-1041.74</ref> and even offered Elmaleh to do voiceover work for her studio on 12 October 2012.<ref>https://archive.today/LLmqt</ref>

Moreover, Steve Gaynor started donating to Ellison's Patreon on 6 January 2014.<ref>https://archive.today/JJyna</ref> Johnnemann Nordhagen, another one of Gone Home's directors,<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB" /> started donating to Ellison's patreon on 28 February 2014.<ref>https://archive.is/gJR5R</ref> Ellison published two articles about Gone Home in 14 February 2014<ref>https://archive.today/kLAko</ref> and September 2014<ref>https://archive.today/dd4Vp</ref>, both without disclosure.

===Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris===
Ellison mentioned Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris’s game, Redshirt, in an article titled "S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A"<ref name="S.EXE">[https://archive.today/tARLq S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A]</ref>, as well as writing an article dedicated to Redshirt.<ref>[http://archive.today/Q1UrD Redshirt preview: a sci-fi "disempowerement fantasy" about social networking on a starship]</ref> The aforementioned articles did not disclose the fact that Mitu Khandaker donated to Ellison's Patreon<ref>[https://archive.today/8F6Bm Patreon of Mitu Khandaker]</ref>. It should be noted that Mitu Khandaker would eventually make a public blog post, detailing her past interactions and involvements with Cara Ellison.<ref>[https://archive.today/CLiAk Actually, It’s About…]</ref>

===Nina Freeman===

From 4 April 2013 to 28 July 2014, numerous tweets between Ellison and Freeman show close personal conversations and references to meeting up with each other.<ref>http://pastebin.com/38siyjje</ref> Between 11 April and 4 August 2014, Ellison published three favourable articles about Nina Freeman and her games; two for Rock, Paper, Shotgun<ref>https://archive.today/FgLfP</ref><ref>https://archive.today/qQuX7</ref> and one for Kotaku.<ref>https://archive.today/hOJuu</ref> She failed to disclose their personal relationship in all three articles.

===Porpentine Charity Heartscape===
On April 2 2013, Ellison published a favourable article about Porpentine and her twine game "Howling Dogs" on PC Gamer<ref>https://archive.today/ykuvJ</ref>. Numerous tweets, ranging from August 2012 to March 2013<ref>https://imgur.com/uIcMDNE</ref> show a personal relationship which was not disclosed in the article. Moreover, an article from July 2012 <ref>https://archive.today/Nfei9#selection-533.0-533.52</ref> and a tweet from April hint at an undisclosed professional relationship between the two, at Rock, Paper, Shotgun.<ref>https://archive.today/DCKqD</ref>

Shortly after the release of this article, Ellison published a tweet stating "So [Porpentine] made and sent me a Howling Dogs tshirt"
<ref>https://archive.today/qzBVk</ref>, which Ellison also failed to disclose. Other articles which lack disclosure are an IGN, a GiantBomb and two Rock, Paper, Shotgun articles. <ref>http://pastebin.com/u2334JcG ([https://archive.today/7teVd archived version])</ref>

== See Also ==

[[VICE]]

[[Kotaku]]

[[Eurogamer]]

[[Wired]]

[[The New York Times]]

[[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]]

==References==
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[[Category:Video game journalists]]
[[Category:Developers]]

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-'''Cara Ellison''' is a writer for The Guardian and VICE. Her work has appeared in [[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]], [[Eurogamer]], [[Kotaku]], [[The New York Times]], [[Wired]], and the New Statesman.<ref>https://archive.today/GzOP6</ref> She has also worked as a production co-ordinator at the BBC and as a co-writer on Charlie Brooker's "How Videogames Changed The World" for the British television broadcaster Channel 4.<ref>https://archive.today/GzOP6</ref>
+'''Cara Ellison''' is a writer for The Guardian and VICE. Her work has appeared in [[Rock, Paper, Shotgun]], [[Eurogamer]], [[Kotaku]], [[The New York Times]], [[Wired]], and the New Statesman. <ref>https://archive.today/GzOP6</ref> She has also worked as a production co-ordinator at the BBC and as a co-writer on Charlie Brooker's "How Videogames Changed The World" for the British television broadcaster Channel 4. <ref>https://archive.today/GzOP6</ref>
 ==Conflicts of Interest==
 ===Anna Anthropy===
-A collection of tweets from June 2012 to October 2014 show a close personal relationship between Ellison and Antropy.<ref>https://i.imgur.com/rgowOqL.jpg</ref>. Ellison has written about Anna Anthropy in a number of articles for IGN, The Guardian, Unwinnable and
+A collection of tweets from June 2012 to October 2014 show a close personal relationship between Ellison and Antropy. <ref>https://i.imgur.com/rgowOqL.jpg</ref>. Ellison has written about Anna Anthropy in a number of articles for IGN, The Guardian, Unwinnable and
-VICE<ref>http://pastebin.com/bpmWpYz7 ([https://archive.today/ttQuj archived version])</ref>, all lacking disclosure about her personal relationship with Anthropy. She also failed to disclose a financial conflict of interest, regarding a donation of $250 to Anthropy's fundraiser. <ref>https://archive.today/drdqx</ref>
+VICE <ref>http://pastebin.com/bpmWpYz7 ([https://archive.today/ttQuj archived version])</ref>, all lacking disclosure about her personal relationship with Anthropy. She also failed to disclose a financial conflict of interest, regarding a donation of $250 to Anthropy's fundraiser.  <ref>https://archive.today/drdqx</ref>
 ===Christine Love===
-In the article "S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A", Ellison referenced multiple of Christine Love's games, stating: "(which I really should write about, though RPS cover her work enthusiastically)"<ref name="S.EXE" />, even going as far as asking Love "Can you hire me to be your PR? I would be so good at it" and "I pimp this shit for FREE" on Twitter.<ref>https://archive.is/qGpnB</ref><ref>https://archive.is/1M0UA</ref> It was not disclosed in the article that Love was donating to Ellison's Patreon at the time.<ref>[https://archive.today/Qtzgs Patreon of Christine Love]</ref>
+In the article "S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A", Ellison referenced multiple of Christine Love's games, stating: "(which I really should write about, though RPS cover her work enthusiastically)"<ref name="S.EXE" />, even going as far as asking Love "Can you hire me to be your PR? I would be so good at it" and "I pimp this shit for FREE" on Twitter. <ref>https://archive.is/qGpnB</ref> <ref>https://archive.is/1M0UA</ref> It was not disclosed in the article that Love was donating to Ellison's Patreon at the time. <ref>[https://archive.today/Qtzgs Patreon of Christine Love]</ref>
 ===Gone Home===
-Ellison wrote three articles about Gone Home, dating from 2 August 2013<ref>[https://archive.today/Gg5LK Riot, Girl: Gone Home To Launch On 15th August]</ref> ,15 September 2013<ref>[https://archive.today/oxQzX</ref> and 27 December 2013.<ref>[https://archive.today/Ltldx Cara Ellison's Top 10 Games of 2013]</ref>. On 19 December of the same year she did a humorous interview with Steven Gaynor, one of Gone Home's director,<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139666/ Gone Home] at the Internet Movie Database.</ref> while he was pretending to be a decorative item from the game.<ref>[https://archive.today/oe7vB An Exclusive Interview with Gone Home's Christmas Duck]</ref>  None of the three articles nor the interview contained disclosure regarding Ellisons's personal relationships with people involved in the making of the game.
+Ellison wrote three articles about Gone Home, dating from 2 August 2013 <ref>[https://archive.today/Gg5LK Riot, Girl: Gone Home To Launch On 15th August]</ref> ,15 September 2013 <ref>[https://archive.today/oxQzX</ref> and 27 December 2013. <ref>[https://archive.today/Ltldx Cara Ellison's Top 10 Games of 2013]</ref>. On 19 December of the same year she did a humorous interview with Steven Gaynor, one of Gone Home's director,<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB">[http://www.imdb.com/title/tt3139666/ Gone Home] at the Internet Movie Database.</ref> while he was pretending to be a decorative item from the game. <ref>[https://archive.today/oe7vB An Exclusive Interview with Gone Home's Christmas Duck]</ref>  None of the three articles nor the interview contained disclosure regarding Ellisons's personal relationships with people involved in the making of the game.
-Ellison appears to have been friends with Gaynor for some time before writing about Gone Home. On 28 March, 2013, game writer Nick Breckon, who was at GDC at the time, twitted about having no plans for the time being. Ellison replied that she was near him and that Gaynor was with her.<ref>https://archive.today/UT7oy</ref> When Ellison asked Breckon what he did he planned to do, he said he wanted to go Smuggler's Cove (a bar in San Francisco<ref>https://archive.today/vHZRb</ref>). Alice Liang, another participant in the conversation, told Breckon and Ellison to meet her at Smuggler's Cove that night and asked Ellison to bring Gaynor along with her, a request to which Ellison complied.<ref>https://archive.today/opmMk</ref> Later that day, Ellison confirmed on twitter that she had been to Smuggler's Cove "with the [Steven Gaynor] fanclub."<ref>https://archive.today/MHi6D</ref>
+Ellison appears to have been friends with Gaynor for some time before writing about Gone Home. On 28 March, 2013, game writer Nick Breckon, who was at GDC at the time, twitted about having no plans for the time being. Ellison replied that she was near him and that Gaynor was with her. <ref>https://archive.today/UT7oy</ref> When Ellison asked Breckon what he did he planned to do, he said he wanted to go Smuggler's Cove (a bar in San Francisco <ref>https://archive.today/vHZRb</ref>). Alice Liang, another participant in the conversation, told Breckon and Ellison to meet her at Smuggler's Cove that night and asked Ellison to bring Gaynor along with her, a request to which Ellison complied. <ref>https://archive.today/opmMk</ref> Later that day, Ellison confirmed on twitter that she had been to Smuggler's Cove "with the [Steven Gaynor] fanclub." <ref>https://archive.today/MHi6D</ref>
-On April 2013 Ellison and Gaynor became Facebook friends.<ref>https://archive.today/VChRN</ref> On May May 24, 2013, Gaynor announced on twitter that he was going to New York and wished to hang out. Ellison asked him is she can join him, and Gaynor replied positively.<ref>https://archive.today/Mapzz</ref> On 19 June, 2013, Ellison told Gaynor to come visit her in the UK, saying she will provide him with accommodations.<ref>https://archive.today/tsNQK#selection-1901.1-1901.57</ref> Further affectionate tweets were exchanged between the two on 28 July, 2013.<ref>https://archive.today/3nThJ</ref><ref>https://archive.today/ihSvN</ref>
+On April 2013 Ellison and Gaynor became Facebook friends. <ref>https://archive.today/VChRN</ref> On May May 24, 2013, Gaynor announced on twitter that he was going to New York and wished to hang out. Ellison asked him is she can join him, and Gaynor replied positively. <ref>https://archive.today/Mapzz</ref> On 19 June, 2013, Ellison told Gaynor to come visit her in the UK, saying she will provide him with accommodations. <ref>https://archive.today/tsNQK#selection-1901.1-1901.57</ref> Further affectionate tweets were exchanged between the two on 28 July, 2013. <ref>https://archive.today/3nThJ</ref> <ref>https://archive.today/ihSvN</ref>
-Sarah Elmaleh, who voiced Katie (Gone Home's playable character),<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB" /><ref>[http://gonehome.wikia.com/wiki/Kaitlin_Greenbriar Kaitlin Greenbriar article on the Gone Home wiki]</ref> has been friends with Ellison since as early as 26 April 2012, as on that day Ellison herself called Elmaleh a friend of hers.<ref>https://archive.today/K1qt8#selection-1051.56-1061.40</ref> Cara would continue to express affection toward Elmaleh afterwards,<ref>https://archive.today/ntp6a#selection-1035.0-1041.74</ref> and even offered Elmaleh to do voiceover work for her studio on 12 October 2012.<ref>https://archive.today/LLmqt</ref>
+Sarah Elmaleh, who voiced Katie (Gone Home's playable character),<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB" /> <ref>[http://gonehome.wikia.com/wiki/Kaitlin_Greenbriar Kaitlin Greenbriar article on the Gone Home wiki]</ref> has been friends with Ellison since as early as 26 April 2012, as on that day Ellison herself called Elmaleh a friend of hers. <ref>https://archive.today/K1qt8#selection-1051.56-1061.40</ref> Cara would continue to express affection toward Elmaleh afterwards, <ref>https://archive.today/ntp6a#selection-1035.0-1041.74</ref> and even offered Elmaleh to do voiceover work for her studio on 12 October 2012. <ref>https://archive.today/LLmqt</ref>
-Moreover, Steve Gaynor started donating to Ellison's Patreon on 6 January 2014.<ref>https://archive.today/JJyna</ref> Johnnemann Nordhagen, another one of Gone Home's directors,<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB" /> started donating to Ellison's patreon on 28 February 2014.<ref>https://archive.is/gJR5R</ref> Ellison published two articles about Gone Home in 14 February 2014<ref>https://archive.today/kLAko</ref> and September 2014<ref>https://archive.today/dd4Vp</ref>, both without disclosure.
+Moreover, Steve Gaynor started donating to Ellison's Patreon on 6 January 2014. <ref>https://archive.today/JJyna</ref> Johnnemann Nordhagen, another one of Gone Home's directors,<ref name="GoneHomeIMDB" /> started donating to Ellison's patreon on 28 February 2014. <ref>https://archive.is/gJR5R</ref> Ellison published two articles about Gone Home in 14 February 2014 <ref>https://archive.today/kLAko</ref> and September 2014 <ref>https://archive.today/dd4Vp</ref>, both without disclosure.
 ===Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris===
-Ellison mentioned Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris’s game, Redshirt, in an article titled "S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A"<ref name="S.EXE">[https://archive.today/tARLq S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A]</ref>, as well as writing an article dedicated to Redshirt.<ref>[http://archive.today/Q1UrD Redshirt preview: a sci-fi "disempowerement fantasy" about social networking on a starship]</ref> The aforementioned articles did not disclose the fact that Mitu Khandaker donated to Ellison's Patreon<ref>[https://archive.today/8F6Bm Patreon of Mitu Khandaker]</ref>. It should be noted that Mitu Khandaker would eventually make a public blog post, detailing her past interactions and involvements with Cara Ellison.<ref>[https://archive.today/CLiAk Actually, It’s About…]</ref>
+Ellison mentioned Mitu Khandaker-Kokoris’s game, Redshirt, in an article titled "S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A"<ref name="S.EXE">[https://archive.today/tARLq S.EXE: VA-11 HALL-A]</ref>, as well as writing an article dedicated to Redshirt. <ref>[http://archive.today/Q1UrD Redshirt preview: a sci-fi "disempowerement fantasy" about social networking on a starship]</ref> The aforementioned articles did not disclose the fact that Mitu Khandaker donated to Ellison's Patreon <ref>[https://archive.today/8F6Bm Patreon of Mitu Khandaker]</ref>. It should be noted that Mitu Khandaker would eventually make a public blog post, detailing her past interactions and involvements with Cara Ellison. <ref>[https://archive.today/CLiAk Actually, It’s About…]</ref>
 ===Nina Freeman===
-From 4 April 2013 to 28 July 2014, numerous tweets between Ellison and Freeman show close personal conversations and references to meeting up with each other.<ref>http://pastebin.com/38siyjje</ref> Between 11 April and 4 August 2014, Ellison published three favourable articles about Nina Freeman and her games; two for Rock, Paper, Shotgun<ref>https://archive.today/FgLfP</ref><ref>https://archive.today/qQuX7</ref> and one for Kotaku.<ref>https://archive.today/hOJuu</ref> She failed to disclose their personal relationship in all three articles.
+From 4 April 2013 to 28 July 2014, numerous tweets between Ellison and Freeman show close personal conversations and references to meeting up with each other. <ref>http://pastebin.com/38siyjje</ref> Between 11 April and 4 August 2014, Ellison published three favourable articles about Nina Freeman and her games; two for Rock, Paper, Shotgun <ref>https://archive.today/FgLfP</ref> <ref>https://archive.today/qQuX7</ref> and one for Kotaku. <ref>https://archive.today/hOJuu</ref> She failed to disclose their personal relationship in all three articles.
 ===Porpentine Charity Heartscape===
-On April 2 2013, Ellison published a favourable article about Porpentine and her twine game "Howling Dogs" on PC Gamer<ref>https://archive.today/ykuvJ</ref>. Numerous tweets, ranging from August 2012 to March 2013<ref>https://imgur.com/uIcMDNE</ref> show a personal relationship which was not disclosed in the article. Moreover, an article from July 2012 <ref>https://archive.today/Nfei9#selection-533.0-533.52</ref> and a tweet from April hint at an undisclosed professional relationship between the two, at Rock, Paper, Shotgun.<ref>https://archive.today/DCKqD</ref>
+On April 2 2013, Ellison published a favourable article about Porpentine and her twine game "Howling Dogs" on PC Gamer <ref>https://archive.today/ykuvJ</ref>. Numerous tweets, ranging from August 2012 to March 2013 <ref>https://imgur.com/uIcMDNE</ref> show a personal relationship which was not disclosed in the article. Moreover, an article from July 2012  <ref>https://archive.today/Nfei9#selection-533.0-533.52</ref> and a tweet from April hint at an undisclosed professional relationship between the two, at Rock, Paper, Shotgun. <ref>https://archive.today/DCKqD</ref>
 Shortly after the release of this article, Ellison published a tweet stating "So [Porpentine] made and sent me a Howling Dogs tshirt"
-<ref>https://archive.today/qzBVk</ref>, which Ellison also failed to disclose. Other articles which lack disclosure are an IGN, a GiantBomb and two Rock, Paper, Shotgun articles. <ref>http://pastebin.com/u2334JcG ([https://archive.today/7teVd archived version])</ref>
+ <ref>https://archive.today/qzBVk</ref>, which Ellison also failed to disclose. Other articles which lack disclosure are an IGN, a GiantBomb and two Rock, Paper, Shotgun articles.  <ref>http://pastebin.com/u2334JcG ([https://archive.today/7teVd archived version])</ref>

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