I've moved to Edmonton. In a way this was good for me. Nobody knows who I am, my reputation hasn't reached outside of Sweden. It's nice to be nobody again. The reason I write this, is because the gaming culture took another blow a few days ago. "Go make me a sandwich" is quitting. Our... Continue Reading →
New Tropes video
This is one of my favorite episodes, because in it, Sarkeesian talks about the duality of female sexuality in pop culture and culture in general - the idea that women's sexuality is dangerous and potentially evil, and that you never know what is lurking beneath the surface of an attractive woman's face. I've written about... Continue Reading →
Backlash
There’s a backlash happening across the globe right now. Even though popular culture seems okay, I’m pretty sure we’ll see a surge of movies, books and games that reproduce these values soon enough. What 24 did to torture, so to speak. The last time we have a backlash that affected the gaming industry was in... Continue Reading →
Indiana Jones and the women who loved him
In a fit of nostalgia, boredom and need to one again see the man in a hat with a whip, I bought all four of the Indiana Jones movies to entertain myself. This is kind of a review of them. Kind of, because it's not really anything else than me rambling about movies. Raiders of... Continue Reading →
Excite!
Some things that have me really excited at the moment when it comes to gaming (apart from the release of Mass Effect Andromeda next year) is the release of No Man's Sky next week. Since I live in North America nowadays it should be available on the 9th, but then again I'll probably have to... Continue Reading →
Quietus – A Mini Storytelling Card Game
Quietus is a mini-storytelling game for experienced players. It deals with short, apocalyptic scenarios based on various existing end of the world tropes and apocalyptic incidents. The inspiration for Quietus comes from the initial post of the user P.eLL.e on the Swedish RPG forum rollspel.nu. I’ve borrowed some of the basic idea from there, and... Continue Reading →