Category: Spelkultur

Performing masculinity

This blog post is an adaptation of a talk I held at FemCon in March this year. The issue of sexism and the misogynistic character of games has popped up here and there recently and I felt I had to say something, because apparently this can not be repeated or explained too many times. The... Continue Reading →

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Vikten av safe spaces

A simple drawing of a girl in red staring down a tiger against a yellow background

Idag träffade jag teamet som skall hjälpa till att arrangera FemCon. En grej som blev ganska uppenbar är att det finns ett otroligt behov av att prata om hur det är att vara kvinna inom spelhobbyn, hur det är att spela kvinna, hur stereotyper påverkar oss när vi spelar och hur kvinnosynen i äventyr påverkar... Continue Reading →

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No more bad excuses

A set of games in the background, a controller up front. The symbol of feminism, a closed fist in the sign of woman, on top.

Listen. I've been working with games for about 14 years. During that time I've heard a whole lot of bad excuses from gaming companies when it comes to the representation of gaming minorities* in games. I've also heard a lot of bad excuses when it comes to representations that are sexist, racist, homophobic etc. The... Continue Reading →

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SteelSeries

an image showing two controllers, and superimposed the icon of feminism, a closed fist in a symbol for woman.

EDIT: Apparently it's Na'vi and not SteelSeries that are behind the video. SteelSeries have stated that they do not tolerate sexism. Another EDIT: The video has been removed (or rather made private) but there are no available press releases or information posts anywhere that I can find. Let me know in the comments if something... Continue Reading →

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#spelhat, #spelkärlek

Att vara gamer och spelutvecklare och samtidigt kritisk mot branschen och kulturen är inte helt lätt. Delvis beror det på att vissa element i kulturen alltid slår tillbaka och säger "du är inte en riktig gamer" när jag kritiserar, vilket förstärker ett redan existerande utanförskap. Det är heller inte helt okomplicerat att vara kritisk mot... Continue Reading →

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Ubisoft and female chars

I'm not going to dwell too much on this, so many others have already done it so much better. I'm just going to point out that if you really wanted and planned for playable women characters in your game they would not be on the cut list. But unfortunately it seems that if the choice... Continue Reading →

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