Tag: kvinnor och spel

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 →

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Rant Against the Machine

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 →

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Continuation from yesterday

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.

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 →

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I was going to…

... continue talking about the tasteless video (now removed) released about Payday - The Heist, but frankly, I'm just tired and I have no energy left to spare to do it. It's no surprise to me that the Overkill Payday video exists, or that the studio has advertised for bikini models on linked in (to... Continue Reading →

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Hey, Overkill

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

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 →

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Feministiskt perspektiv

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

Jag är med i en artikel i Feministiskt perspektiv (nr 12), tillsammans med Malin Söderberg Per Strömbeck och Johanna Nylen. Vi pratar om den mansdominerade svenska spelbranschen. Tyvärr är artikeln bara läsbar om man prenumererar på Feministiskt perspektiv, så om ni vill läsa vad det står bör ni pröjsa för det. Ett citat av vad... Continue Reading →

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