Category: Posts in English

The Freedom to Create

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I’m sure you’ve heard it at some point. That feminists are having a negative impact on the creativity of game developers. That whenever a game is seen as “politically correct” someone is there to point out that this isn’t the choice of the developers, but some form of hidden agenda, created to make games “woke”... Continue Reading →

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Let’s Build a Portfolio – Part 2

Let's talk about documentation for a moment. A lot of you will go "we don't need no stinking documentation!" because documenting things is boring and not very exciting when it comes to the design process. Let me gently correct you on that point. There is a reason why we document things, and one of them... Continue Reading →

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Defensive conditioning

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So here's a thing. Being constantly questioned and disbelieved has an effect. Or it has had an effect on me, at least. I get defensive when I am questioned. Sometimes it's not even really questioning. It can be people in good faith asking questions or giving me advice, but because I have been conditioned to... Continue Reading →

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A Note on Gamers

So, as you may have seen, I did talk a bit about the terms hardcore and casual and how meaningless I find they are in the context of gaming culture and game development. I also spoke a bit about what makes a gamer, what makes a casual gamer and what makes a hardcore gamer, and... Continue Reading →

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Hardcore and casual

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I’m going to say something “controversial”. Hardcore and casual gamers has become a meaningless designation. Being any of those “types” of gamer says nothing about gaming habits anymore. “Hardcore”, when the designation first appeared, was used to describe players who spend a lot of uninterrupted time in a game, who accommodates a lack of usability... Continue Reading →

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The Power of Gatekeeping

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If you are in any way part of gaming culture, you’ll know that gatekeeping is part of that culture. To my mind, and as part of a completely unproven hypothesis on my end, gatekeeping is about power. The power to include or exclude a person. Into or out of the culture. It’s also about proving... Continue Reading →

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