As the situation at work continues to unfold like a goddamn broken origami flower, it is becoming more and more apparent to me that despite the creativity and the willingness to try new things from developers, the power is firmly in the hands of the people with the money, i.e. the publishers, when it comes... Continue Reading →
Cyberpunk-trailern
Jag har märkt en viss mängd snack när det kommer till Cyberpunktrailern som har dykt upp lite här och var på nätet. Det pratas om att den är sexistisk, att den inte är sexistisk, att de som tycker att den är sexistisk bara överreagerar, så jag tänkte ge min egen syn på saken. För jag... Continue Reading →
On Mighty Thews!
There are a few role-playing games out there that I admire the heck out of, just because they dare to be slightly different. I found this via Filamena Young and I have another example that I'd like to bundle up in this post. I love RPGs that dare to do stuff just a little bit... Continue Reading →
F.A.T.A.L. and norms
Some time ago, I made the enormous mistake of downloading F.A.T.A.L. as a PDF. To be honest I was curious about this, according to many, abominable role-playing game. A role-playing game that the creators themselves call the most difficult, detailed, realistic and historically/ mythically accurate role-playing game available. F.A.T.A.L. has been named the worst role-playing... Continue Reading →
Why can’t I play?
Inspired both by a thread at a role-playing forum and by an event that took place at work yesterday (which I unfortunately can't repeat here), I thought I'd pose some questions regarding game development and why the ever present average white heterosexual male gamer is so terrified to share screen time and text space with... Continue Reading →
#1reasonwhy
Yesterday, my twitter exploded with the hashtag #1reasonwhy. The origins was Luke Crane asking why there were so few women in game development. As any one of you know who have followed my blog for a while, this is a topic that is very close to my heart. I've tried to get more women into... Continue Reading →