Category: Posts in English

The Games We Play

A purple bag with dice spilling out of it.

This is a translation and an addition to a Facebook post I wrote a while back. I liked it, so I'm posting it here. It might not come as a surprise that I’ve been involved in the table-top role-playing culture since the mid 80’s. I was given my first RPG somewhere in 1986 or 87,... Continue Reading →

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My beloved Tove

An image of a pier stretching out into the ocean. The ocean is entirely calm

EDIT: The Kickstarter campaign ran into some admin snafu, so Tove now has a Go Fund Me page. At the time of writing this, I've known that one of my best friends has terminal cancer for about three months. She messaged me on the morning of September 2nd, 2017. I am a selfish person and... Continue Reading →

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Diversity Dungeons – Part 3

A purple bag with dice spilling out of it.

The Politics and Misconceptions of Gender One of the problems with Desborough's text is that it presupposes through implications. At the start of the chapter on gender, Desborough states that wanting to make games more inclusive when it comes to gender comes at a cost. It's as if Desborough is arguing that the lack of... Continue Reading →

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Rest in Peace, Corey

An image of four suits from the game Anthem, hovering in front of a majestic landscape.

This is the first time I've ever experienced the death of a colleague. Friends, yes. Grandparents and my father, his brother, yes. But I worked with Corey, and that changes how his passing impacts me and the world around me. I'm not going to get long winded in this post. BioWare has already released a... Continue Reading →

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Anthem

An image of four suits from the game Anthem, hovering in front of a majestic landscape.

I can finally talk a bit about what it is that I'm working on for BioWare in Edmonton. The game is called Anthem. The teaser trailer was released yesterday, a very dramatic piece of entertainment, and today during the Microsoft E3 press conference, the gameplay trailer was revealed. Teaser trailer I'm very proud to be... Continue Reading →

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Diversity Dungeons – Part 2

Ethnicity in RPGs This is the second part in my series dedicated to reading and rebutting the booklet Diversity Dungeons and in this blog post, I'll be looking at ethnicity. This is a somewhat skewed and queer reading of the text. I also want to point out that I am not a person of color.... Continue Reading →

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