We’re celebrating Pride this month, and in the interest of pulling some weight and explaining how the work with inclusion and diversity affects marginalized people and how privileged people sometimes add to that burden, I want to talk about a situation that probably happens more often than you’d think. The recruitment talk. Whenever one of... Continue Reading →
AC: Valhalla’s Ambivalent Message
First off, I had a really hard time naming this blog post. What the heck does one name something that is so amorphous as the tone of voice in a game wobbling all over the place? Secondly, a lot of the stuff I talk about in this post is based on feelings and much if... Continue Reading →
The House in Your Favor
What happens if you discover that the “even playing field” you thought you were playing on was tilted heavily in your favour? Would you feel proud of your accomplishments, still, or would you maybe deny your privilege? Would you feel uncomfortable knowing that everything you took for granted perhaps wasn’t really something everyone had access... Continue Reading →
Representation Matters
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 →
Ugh, Emotions: Part III
This post is a bit of an interlude where I talk about the difficulties marginalised groups have in getting hired, it’s also about being a victim, but refusing to be victimised. And it’s a "glorious" CV because I just know that some of you readers have started wondering if I’m really that good at my... Continue Reading →
Ugh, Emotions: Part II
CW: Harassment, sexism, sexual harassment In 2000 I wrote my thesis at a mobile games company. It was titled User Interfaces for Role-playing on a Mobile Platform. I still have it somewhere. It’s 150 pages long and is probably quite useless by now, considering that mobile interfaces have changed quite a bit since I wrote... Continue Reading →