Hormone replacement therapy and video games: Anna Anthropy talks Dy5phoria

Anna Anthropy shows off her new game, now in production, D5phoria, in her Oakland home.

Video games go to alien worlds all the time, but rarely have they explored a transgender person's identity until Dys4ia. The 2012 Adobe Flash game traced designer Anna Anthropy's hormone replacement therapy journey, guiding the player through trying on women's clothing for the first time, dealing with the agony of shaving, and correcting all the people who call you "sir" instead of "ma'am."

Anthropy was kind enough to let the Guardian interview her in her Oakland home, dodge her energetic cats, and record an audio interview where she walks us through her new game, Dy5phoria, the new chapter and pseudo-sequel to Dys4ia. You can also read a selection from the audio interview below.

SF Bay GuardianHow do you pronounce the new title?

Anna AnthropyIve been calling it Dys-five-ia out loud, but its spelled like Dys4ia with a 5 instead of an S.

SFBGYoure hitting steam now with added content, can you tell us whats new?

A: Dys4ia is made up of four chapters which represent different times in my life when I was starting to go on hormone replacement therapy. Dy5phoria which will come with Dys4ia is a fifth chapter that follows whats happened in my life since the place Dys4ia ended.

SFBGNot quite a sequel but downloadable content?

AALike a fifth chapter, if you will.

Listen to the full 26 minute interview in the Sound Cloud file above.

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Hormone replacement therapy and video games: Anna Anthropy talks Dy5phoria