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Lately there have been a bunch of shifts in the terrain of game development and the gaming culture surrounding it. There have been discussions about women in games. National newspapers in Sweden and abroad are starting to talk about the sometimes toxic culture that women navigate in order to participate in games. This makes me... Continue Reading →
... wow... I'm like... okay? What?! I was just looking around on Steam and lo and behold - the most sexist game yet? As I think I mentioned in my GTAV blog posts and the article me and Maria Myhr wrote for Aftonbladet about GTAV, there's a fine line between satire and well - not... Continue Reading →
On occasion, I'm sort of worried that my voice is no longer needed, or perhaps that it is too shrill, too aggressive and perhaps too persistent*. But then I see stuff like this article, where it is reported that the first game on a next gen engine won't even feature playable women, and if you... Continue Reading →
Today, I've learned how to use raw_input() in Python. However, learning scripting can be slightly taxing on the brain, so I took a break and I caught this little gem via Jenny Haniver on Twitter. The quote below is from a reddit thread in Girl Gamers. No. The guy IS a dick, and what he... Continue Reading →
A criticism that we gaming feminists often get to hear is that we're out "looking for it". We're going out of our way to find instances of sexism, objectification, stereotypical treatment of women, harassment etc. I can only speak for myself when I, in the words of Lex Luthor in Superman Returns, say Okay, so... Continue Reading →
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 →
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