Lately I've been reading quite a few books on the topic of design, colonialism and ethics. Being someone with strong views on social justice and the idea that equality and diversity is not necessarily a bad thing - in fact I think it's vital for our continued existence - I've started to think about the... Continue Reading →
All the books!
If it hasn't come across yet, I'm one of those pesky people who read books to learn about stuff. I'll be updating the library on discordia with books about various topics. On the list, at the very top is Victor Papanek's "Design for the Real World". Papanek makes the case for designers taking responsibility for... Continue Reading →
Personal Development vs. Systemic Problems
This is one of those blog posts where I don't have a scientific study to support my hypothesis, so please take this post with a grain of salt. It's an opinion and because of that, it's not scientifically proven. Nor should it have to be. I've been reading "A Very Stable Genius" about Trump and... Continue Reading →
When design creeps up on you
I have a ton of notebooks filled with texts like this one. The texts are reviews, thoughts, diary notations (and heavens if they're not embarrassing). One of them even has a note from a guy I was probably in love with, but too scared to say. All of them have game designs of different kinds,... Continue Reading →
Critique needs to come from a place of knowledge
I think the thing that was most outrageous to me during GamerGate - in some ways regardless of what people actually thought about the GamerGate "movement" was the unwillingness or inability to even try to find out the facts. The same videos were regurgitated on the GamerGate side, none of them with a shred of... Continue Reading →
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 →