No Excuses

A while back an interview with one of the developers for Escape from Tarkov made excuses as to why there were no women in the game. It was attributed to the ever present "realism" and women not being able to handle the stress of battle. The developer later backtracked and said it was all because... Continue Reading →

Queer readings of Video Games

This isn't actually something I've done, but ever since I read up on gender studies in literature and came across the idea of queer readings or the queering of a text, it's something I'd like to do someday. I think there's a cornucopia of homoerotic games out there, just waiting to be discovered by someone... Continue Reading →

Dragon Age: Origins – UX/ UI breakdown

Disclaimer: My opinions do not reflect those of my employer. Why this game? I think it would be obvious, in a series of UX breakdowns that cover games that I’ve played, that Dragon Age would feature heavily among them. I’m comfortable analysing it because I have first impression reviews among my previous blog posts and... Continue Reading →

UX Breakdowns

It's not me breaking down over UX, although that's not entirely unrealistic. One of the opportunities I have when working on games is the analysis of other companies efforts when it comes to UX and UIs. This is part of my job. I need to keep current on things like trends and developments in UIs... Continue Reading →

Ethics in Game Development

In late 2019 I did a talk at Konsoll and Sweden Game Conference about ethics in game development. The talk went over well even though it’s just a brief dip into the topic of ethics and how ethics affect us daily. Konsoll was kind enough to stream it and later on share the video which... Continue Reading →

Hello gameloop!

This is the second post in a series of posts that are intended to describe a bit more about UX design and how I personally work with UX design. Out of necessity I’ll have to keep it generic, and the games I use as examples should not be seen as good or bad, they’re just... Continue Reading →

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