Tag: spelfeminism

The Consequences of Silence

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Yesterday the Law and Order episode about harassment in the gaming culture aired. I've not seen it, I don't have access to it, but based on the twitterfeed from Zoe Quinn (aptly named sighborg for the time being), it was a huge disappointment. Or rather, the upsurge in harassment from GamerGate following the episode was... Continue Reading →

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Pushing privilege

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I have been playing Bioware's games with great enjoyment for quite some time now. I didn't even know it at the time, but Neverwinter Nights and Baldur's Gate eased me into the particular brand of game crafted by this company, a legacy lovingly built on by titles such as Knights of the Old Republic, Mass... Continue Reading →

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The Hate Machine

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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

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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

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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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No more bad excuses

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Listen. I've been working with games for about 14 years. During that time I've heard a whole lot of bad excuses from gaming companies when it comes to the representation of gaming minorities* in games. I've also heard a lot of bad excuses when it comes to representations that are sexist, racist, homophobic etc. The... Continue Reading →

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