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 →

Okritisk konsumtion

Den tankegång jag tänker utveckla i den här bloggposten är en teori, men knappast en vetenskaplig sådan, snarare är det en samling iakttagelser som jag har haft anledning att fundera över på senare tid. Det här är vad jag diskuterar - på något plan tror jag att bilden av spelaren leder oss till okritisk konsumtion.... Continue Reading →

Comfortable monsters

As I was chasing down inspiration for my pen and paper doll RPG, I came across "Monster High dolls that seemed very interesting. They conform to a beauty standard that is frankly absurd, but they also bring out the monster in us. That - together with a talk I held recently at Södertörns Högskola and... Continue Reading →

A lousy excuse

A while back there was an argument on the internet. Yes I know. It should have stayed there, right? This time, however, it had to do with something I as a gamer have had to struggle with a long time. And, by the way, as a game developer. It is that confounded, over used and... Continue Reading →

Upphovsrätt

De som känner mig vet att jag är för upphovsrätten* och för författares och illustratörers rätt att själva bestämma hur de vill sprida sitt material. Det betyder att jag tycker att det är okej att ge bort prylar utan att bry sig om upphovsrätt. Det betyder att jag stöder Creative Commons. Men det betyder också... Continue Reading →

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