Ett förfärligt förfarande – Handbok för superhjältar

Ett förfärligt förfarande är 98 på listan och det 84:e äventyret jag skriver i 20.000-teckenprojektet. Äventyret är skrivet för Handbok för superhjältar. Edith Borg låste upp personalingången till Rosenhill Museum. Det var en ljuvlig vårmorgon och solen lyste in genom de höga fönstren. När Edith gick genom utställningshallen var det något som slog henne som... Continue Reading →

2020-12-02 0

Vad hände med Lady Petunia? – Cthulhu Britannica

Vad hände med Lady Petunia? är 41 på listan och det 83:e äventyret jag skriver i 20.000-teckenprojektet. Äventyret är skrivet för Cthulhu Britannica. Solen gassade över British Museum. Det var tidig vår i London och för en gångs skull var himlen blå och klar. Människor vandrade omkring i skjortärmarna, jackor hastigt knutna runt midjor eller... Continue Reading →

2020-12-01 0

You Are Not All Gamers

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So this is a post that’s been lurking in my mind for quite some time. The essence of it falls back to confusing taste with quality, and quality with taste. It also has to do with popular opinion which plays a massive part in how games are perceived and received. Hear me out. Just because... Continue Reading →

2020-09-12 3

That Moment You Know You’ll Finish the Game

This is just a brief musing on that exact moment when you know you’ll finish a game. In Dragon Age: Origins when first talking to Alistair. His comment about mages and me being a mage and thinking “I have to know where this goes.” In Mass Effect, in the sickbay after waking up from a... Continue Reading →

2020-09-08 1

Representation Matters

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When Chadwick Bozeman passed, it only took looking at social media to realize that his passing had an enormous impact. His life had an even bigger impact. I can not even begin to understand the feeling, seeing the Black Panther where Black people were heroic, powerful. If it was anything near the impact of seeing... Continue Reading →

2020-08-29 0

Problematic Enemies – The Banshee

This post represents my opinion only, and not that of my employer. Kristeva’s theory of abjection provides us with an important theoretical framework for analysing (...) the representation of the monstrous-feminine, in relation to woman’s reproductive and mothering functions. However, abjection by its very nature is ambiguous; it both repels and attracts. Separating out the... Continue Reading →

2020-08-27 0