Category: Speldesign

The Alan Wake Dilemma

Recently I've had reason to replay Alan Wake, for work, not for fun, and my simultaneous playthrough of The Order|1886 had me reflecting on the similarities and the differences between the two games. Both games are very story driven. Both games are more or less completely linear. They will not allow any deviation from the... Continue Reading →

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Immersion and Flow

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

This is the keynote talk that I gave at EduPlayChallenge in Umeå a few days ago. Jan asked me to share, so I'm sharing. I've also put it on Slideshare. Feel free to use it. Immersion and Flow - Step into the Magic Circle My name is Åsa Roos, I’ve been a game developer for... Continue Reading →

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Pinocchio får liv

Jag lyssnade på en av mina entusiastiska vänner när hon häromdagen gjorde en lång utläggning om den kognitiva dissonansen som uppstod när hennes IRL-partner spelade en Crusader försedd med hennes imaginära pojkväns röst. Jag pratar om Gideon Emery, en av de mer verksamma röstskådespelarna inom datorspel som givit liv åt både Fenris (imaginär pojkvän) och... Continue Reading →

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Performing masculinity

This blog post is an adaptation of a talk I held at FemCon in March this year. The issue of sexism and the misogynistic character of games has popped up here and there recently and I felt I had to say something, because apparently this can not be repeated or explained too many times. The... Continue Reading →

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Polygonal love

There's this thing that happen every time I try a new BioWare game. I fall in love. So far I've fallen in love with a long string of game characters, not necessarily of a pixel variety. My first game love was Lone Wolf. My Swedish edition of The Caverns of Kalte (Kaltes grottor), is thumbed... Continue Reading →

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Femcon i Umeå

Mellan den 7 - 9 Mars pågår Femcon i Umeå. Jag kommer att vara där och prata om hur den manliga normen i rollspel påverkar både spel och skrivande av äventyr. Jag tar upp hur män respektive kvinnor beskrivs och handlar i svenska och utländska rollspel och kommer att använda mig mycket av exempel ifrån... Continue Reading →

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