Caveat. It's 3 am here, I can't sleep because I twisted my ankle and I'm in pain. So this is a grumpy post. Also affected by the fact that my upstairs neighbour is clog dancing around their apartment. Lately, I've been reconnecting to people in general about role-playing games and my role in the Swedish... Continue Reading →
Diversity Dungeons – Part 1
Reading Heteronormativity into Imaginary Worlds Cards on the table. I am and will probably always be a feminist. I’m one of those pesky people criticising the gaming industry and culture because it lacks an inclusive and diverse point of view. In short - I’m most likely one of the people Desborough talks about in the... Continue Reading →
Grubby Gaming Culture is killing us
And here's why. I'm sure by now you know about the absolute mess that is GamerGate. Preceded by those wobbly weeks in August when Zoe Quinn was accused of sleeping with people to get better reviews by an angry ex-boyfriend who couldn't take no for an answer. Accusations that were refuted both by Quinn, by... Continue Reading →
What it means to be someone
I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn quite a bit this weekend. In fact, I played it so much I got a migraine, because I forgot to eat and to drink and to do anything, really, apart from playing that damned game. Now I know issues have been raised with the vocabulary used in the game,... Continue Reading →
Preach Sister!
Ashley Judd gave a very intense speech at a TED event last year, and it has recently been released to the public. For me, this is something I've been trying to say for ages. We HAVE to stop treating women as props, objects to push the story forward. We have to stop thinking it's okay... Continue Reading →
Discordia’s Game of the Year 2016
Since there were no BioWare releases last year, I'm going to have to go for the next best thing. Early 2016, Campo Santos released a small and kinda off beat game called Firewatch. Originally, I wasn't going to play it. I had very little interest in it, primarily because I had no idea what it... Continue Reading →