I played one to two hours of The Division a while back (around the time it was released) and these are my first impressions. Keep in mind that these impressions are things that I as a player will not have an issue with if I've learned the controls, that's why I'm writing this now, because... Continue Reading →
I don’t love you anymore, Raynor
I downloaded Legacy of the Void the other day, because I was in the unfortunate situation of having to have the weekend off. I know, a luxury problem, but when you live in a new city, have no real friends to hang out with yet, and frankly feel kind of lost, a game of StarCraft... Continue Reading →
When one story is the only story
This blog post contains minor spoilers for the game Mad Max A long time ago, when I was younger or at least much more naïve, I wrote a thinkpiece called something like "women have stories too". By no scheming or any machinations of my own it ended up on Gamasutra, long before the Sarkeesian revolution.... Continue Reading →
Don’t miss out
King and Diversi, in a concrete action towards making the games industry more inclusive, have created a scholarship for students identifying as women to be able to go to GDC in San Fransisco 2016. As a some time visitor, I strongly encourage you to apply to this scholarship program, since meeting other students and practitioners... Continue Reading →
New beginnings
At the moment I'm sitting in a temporary apartment with my two cats, waiting for Monday to arrive. I'm here because I've left Avalanche Studios for EA BioWare, a move I did not think possible until September last year, when I was contacted by... BioWare. I actually thought it was a joke at first. That... Continue Reading →
The Grand Unification Theory of Game Projects
This is a trick title. There is no such thing as a Grand Unification Theory of Game Projects. The Best Way to Manage a Project is a lie, at least in part, and anyone who tells you they have all the answers before a project starts is most likely wrong or slightly megalomaniac. Possibly both.... Continue Reading →