Jag borde ha skrivit om det här för länge sedan, men jag har varit upptagen med livet på ett spelföretag. Det är dags att göra uppror och dags för ett upprop även inom spelbranschen. Vi spelar inte med Som en del av rörelsen #metoo bryter vi tystnaden. I chattrummen, på kontoret, i kommentarsfältet, på sociala... Continue Reading →
Vice
I’ve been thinking a lot about power fantasies lately. Ever since I listened to Brie Code give a talk about the future of game development, I’ve had this itch beneath my skin, this feeling of wrongness. Along came #metoo and that feeling only got worse. And today I watched the movie “Vice” with Bruce Willis... Continue Reading →
Toxic Gaming Culture
I’m sure that some of you, maybe even most of you, have seen the continued faux pas from notable (and unfortunately Swedish) gaming personalities such as Markus Persson and Felix Kjellgren, a.k.a. Notch and PewDiePie lately. Notch more or less abandoning any pretenses at being anything but a bored and kind of lonely guy in... Continue Reading →
Achievement Unlocked!
I've been quoted in a Master's thesis. Or rather this blog has. Scoot on over to Frida Markendahl's Making (a) difference in games Feminist game creation and other interferences with the Swedish video game industry’s reproduction of gendered sameness and read my wise words. I sound really smart when she quotes me! I have a... Continue Reading →
Diversity Dungeons – Part 3
The Politics and Misconceptions of Gender One of the problems with Desborough's text is that it presupposes through implications. At the start of the chapter on gender, Desborough states that wanting to make games more inclusive when it comes to gender comes at a cost. It's as if Desborough is arguing that the lack of... Continue Reading →
Förhandla om utrymme
Som en uppföljning på Posten Som Pajade Bloggen tänkte jag ta upp ytterligare ett fenomen som gjorde sig påmint i kommentarerna på ovanstående post, men även gjorde sig påmint i forumet och har en tendens att dyka upp då och då. Det är tanken om att vi som marginaliserade grupper inom spelhobbyn bara får ta... Continue Reading →