For fear of punishment

Perhaps you've noticed that I've been more quiet than usual over the last couple of years here at discordia. I'm trying to change that. In part by writing my blog posts in bulk (surprisingly this works better than I thought) but also by trying to get rid of the fear that I've been dragging along... Continue Reading →

Post GamerGate

This is a new decade (well, technically, it's not really a new decade until 2021, but who's counting) and there are a bunch of retrospectives out there. This is... maybe not so much a retrospective as a reflection. If existing in the gaming culture has taught me one thing it's that we tend to forget... 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 →

Grubby Gaming Culture is killing us

And here's why. I'm sure by now you know about the absolute mess that is GamerGate. Preceded by those wobbly weeks in August when Zoe Quinn was accused of sleeping with people to get better reviews by an angry ex-boyfriend who couldn't take no for an answer. Accusations that were refuted both by Quinn, by... Continue Reading →

Effektsökeri

Förbered er på en Wall of Text med referenser. Jag tänker skriva lite om provokation och effektsökeri, och jag tänker börja i en ände som har diskuterats en hel del, bland annat på rollspel.nu. Det handlar om omslaget till det nya Kult (jag vet, old news, men det knyter in i lite andra grejer och... Continue Reading →

Backlash

There’s a backlash happening across the globe right now. Even though popular culture seems okay, I’m pretty sure we’ll see a surge of movies, books and games that reproduce these values soon enough. What 24 did to torture, so to speak. The last time we have a backlash that affected the gaming industry was in... Continue Reading →

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