Mellan den 7 - 9 Mars pågår Femcon i Umeå. Jag kommer att vara där och prata om hur den manliga normen i rollspel påverkar både spel och skrivande av äventyr. Jag tar upp hur män respektive kvinnor beskrivs och handlar i svenska och utländska rollspel och kommer att använda mig mycket av exempel ifrån... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Safe by Design
The fourth talk was Will Bonner from Yeti, who it turns out loves Renegade Ops, who talked about how to make online spaces safe to visit and free from harassment. Will Bonner - Safe by Design Sharing game experiences can improve or detract from our enjoyment of games. Talk started at GDC when listening to... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Narrative Design for Inclusiveness
This was the third talk of the day, held by Heidi McDonald who had the same sort of starry eyed view on BioWare games as I had. The talk focused mainly on her research about romance in games. Heidi McDonald - Narrative Design for Inclusiveness First of all, McDonald made it clear what the talk... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Diversity Means Dollars
The second talk of the day was a lot more interesting to me, because it touched on subjects that I myself find very interesting and that I feel that I still have things to learn about. Tom Abernathy is from Microsoft Studios and his talk was about diversity in games based on the fact that... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Gotland Game Conference anno 2013 started with a number of presentations for us in the jury - we are to sit in judgement over these games and give the students feedback, so Monday was pretty much spent listening to presentations and playing games until we dropped. Tuesday was the first "real" day of the conference,... Continue Reading →
Why scary things are nice to do
...or OMG, OMG, I held a lecture for people at WORK!!! Which was actually quite scary and not something I took lightly. Unfortunately I don't remember a word I said, but I've embedded the Prezi. Anyway, so why is it so scary to give lectures at work and not elsewhere? Well, first of all I... Continue Reading →