Category: Speldebatt

The Hate Machine

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.

I ran in to a reddit post via Ian Miles Cheong, aka @stillgray, aka one of the many Social Justice Warriors an epitaph given by the same people who disguise the #GamerGate hashtag to be about journalistic integrity. The Hate Machine that popped into being still grinds on incensed by posts like this, entrenching people... Continue Reading →

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A War to Fight

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.

When I wrote this post, I listened to Portishead's Roads. "We've got a war to fight". And it is a skirmish of ridiculous proportions, considering that we're really fighting about something that isn't finite. We're fighting about something that humanity (and more than humanity, animals do it too) have been doing for as long as... 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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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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