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 →

2014-05-13 3

Lone Wolf och Åsikterna

an image showing two controllers, and superimposed the icon of feminism, a closed fist in a symbol for woman.

VARNING: Nedanstående post kan uppfattas som sarkastisk! En arbetskamrat* sade till mig för ett tag sedan att män alltid har en åsikt. Av någon anledning pratade vi om grillning , kanske på grund av att det på balkongen på jobbet står en monstergrill som några av de äldre och visa skäggen bestämt skall stå där.... Continue Reading →

2014-05-09 2

LMGTFY

A simple drawing of a girl in red staring down a tiger against a yellow background

Med anledning av kommentarstråden i den här facebookposten skrev jag det här svaret. De argument som jag tycker står ut i den här tråden är följande: 1. Sex säljer 2. Men män är också sexualiserade 3. Lägg er inte i spelutvecklarnas kreativitet 4. Det är ju bara ett spel 5. Men varför kritisera spelskaparna? 1.... Continue Reading →

2014-05-07 4

Policing women in games

The article I read a few days back about how women in online games are expected to behave is still rolling around in my head. The article in combination with a +Google-shared NY Times article revealing how women athletes bodies are policed by surgical procedures and hormonal treatments in order to lower testosterone levels to... Continue Reading →

2014-05-01 4

The Banner Saga – MacOSX

I'm telling you, vikings are the new black. Starting up The Banner Saga for the first time is like stepping straight into the Fimbulwinter. Or maybe not. Fimbulwinter is a precursor to Ragnarok, but in The Banner Saga, the gods are not fighting, the gods are dead. It's a strange game, a mix of strategy,... Continue Reading →

2014-04-29 0

Comfort Zone

Lately there have been a bunch of shifts in the terrain of game development and the gaming culture surrounding it. There have been discussions about women in games. National newspapers in Sweden and abroad are starting to talk about the sometimes toxic culture that women navigate in order to participate in games. This makes me... Continue Reading →

2014-04-28 0