Jag pratade lite med GothCon-stabsmedlemmar den sista dagen på konventet och fick reda på att Sven Bergersjö - en installation om något på konventet - återigen skrivit en rant om att GothCon faktiskt tänker på jämställdheten på konventet, att det finns en medvetenhet runt vad som arrangeras och att kvinnor skall känna sig välkomna. Förra... Continue Reading →
Continuation from yesterday
Okay, so Starbreeze/ Overkill has made an official statement (which to be honest took them long enough) that they are in no way connected to the video released, and then removed, yesterday. Uttalande med anledning av den film som lagts ut på internet innehållandes tävling om deltagande i ”PAYDAY Girl Contest” m.m. Starbreeze har inte... Continue Reading →
Hey, Overkill
This is pretty much the reason why devs have a problem getting women to the games biz, and before you say it - yes it's actually a bad thing that women don't participate in the building of games. Sexism has many faces. Today that sexism is represented by Overkill Studios absolutely ridiculously sexist video. I'm... Continue Reading →
Please, continue
As the situation at work continues to unfold like a goddamn broken origami flower, it is becoming more and more apparent to me that despite the creativity and the willingness to try new things from developers, the power is firmly in the hands of the people with the money, i.e. the publishers, when it comes... Continue Reading →
Why can’t I play?
Inspired both by a thread at a role-playing forum and by an event that took place at work yesterday (which I unfortunately can't repeat here), I thought I'd pose some questions regarding game development and why the ever present average white heterosexual male gamer is so terrified to share screen time and text space with... Continue Reading →
#1reasonwhy
Yesterday, my twitter exploded with the hashtag #1reasonwhy. The origins was Luke Crane asking why there were so few women in game development. As any one of you know who have followed my blog for a while, this is a topic that is very close to my heart. I've tried to get more women into... Continue Reading →