I have to admit that I no longer expect anything from gaming culture. When I started out as a developer and started poking at the issues we had - and in many cases still have - I somehow expected that people would listen and pay attention. They did, in a way, but it was to... Continue Reading →
The Freedom to Create
I’m sure you’ve heard it at some point. That feminists are having a negative impact on the creativity of game developers. That whenever a game is seen as “politically correct” someone is there to point out that this isn’t the choice of the developers, but some form of hidden agenda, created to make games “woke”... Continue Reading →
Let’s Build a Portfolio – Part 2
Let's talk about documentation for a moment. A lot of you will go "we don't need no stinking documentation!" because documenting things is boring and not very exciting when it comes to the design process. Let me gently correct you on that point. There is a reason why we document things, and one of them... Continue Reading →
Let’s Build a Portfolio – Part 1
Because I’ve been invited to speak at Sweden Game Conference in October, I have also been trying to figure out a topic to talk about. I ended up taking on the topic of my work process. I’m hoping it will suit the audience at SGC, it being mostly students and small companies. The UX literacy... Continue Reading →
A Note on Gamers
So, as you may have seen, I did talk a bit about the terms hardcore and casual and how meaningless I find they are in the context of gaming culture and game development. I also spoke a bit about what makes a gamer, what makes a casual gamer and what makes a hardcore gamer, and... Continue Reading →
Hardcore and casual
I’m going to say something “controversial”. Hardcore and casual gamers has become a meaningless designation. Being any of those “types” of gamer says nothing about gaming habits anymore. “Hardcore”, when the designation first appeared, was used to describe players who spend a lot of uninterrupted time in a game, who accommodates a lack of usability... Continue Reading →