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In some cases constraints can feel limiting. When I look at my career and see how I’ve been limited by my gender, I get frustrated. At the same time I’ve been trying to work around it. I’ve battled outside limitations others have placed on me. The things I’ve learned while combatting those restraints include recognizing... Continue Reading →
This December I exchanged Christmas calendars with quite a few friends. In one of them there was a button with Princess Leia on it. It stated “we are the resistance”. Translating it to my hobbies and my profession, the games I’ve loved since I was barely a teenager of course indicate that we - us... Continue Reading →
I’ve been playing The Witcher 3 in parallel with Assassin’s Creed Odyssey for a little while and while they’re basically the same game - roam around the world, do missions, progress your character, some of the differences are striking, especially considering all the awards that The Witcher 3 has won. My feeling is that sometimes... Continue Reading →
As I may have pointed out, I’m currently plowing through a bunch of my game design literature, primarily because these books have ended up in the “nice to have, I might use them as references but then end up never referencing them” part of my bookshelf. Jesse Schell's The Art of Game Design is such... Continue Reading →
One of the problems I have with the outliers of game development and gaming culture is the feeling of entitlement and ownership that some people, primarily men, give voice to. I’m not sure if you’ve ever had the conversation around “this is what players want” and the next minute be confronted with the inaccurate statement... Continue Reading →
It bugs me a bit that in the world of game development you still have to be EXCEPTIONAL! At least according to job ads. BE PASSIONATE! BE A ROCKSTAR! A NINJA! A UNICORN! (Strangely enough there’s nothing about cowboys or pirates. One would assume that with ninjas they would follow?) I’ve been trying hard to... Continue Reading →
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