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... and getting pissed off. Or perhaps not so much pissed off as concerned about what those books taught new (and old) game designers only 5 - 10 years ago. Every book except a very recently published one is pretty consistently placing the player firmly in the “he” compartment. I’m about to start reading a... Continue Reading →
Representation of the world, like the world itself, is the work of men; they describe it from their own point of view, which they confuse with the absolute truth. - Invisible Women: Data Bias in a World Designed for Men, Caroline Criado Perez This text is written in one of my old notebooks what I... Continue Reading →
Believe it or not, but this is a phrase that I’ve actually used in a professional context. Suffice to say I was very angry at the time, and I have since apologized to the individual I aimed it at. Not because I think that they did take responsibility and were accountable, but because it was... Continue Reading →
Right now, a reckoning is shaking the games industry and culture. Predators are being called out, and I can only think of Flemeth when she pours out her pain to Morrigan and the Inquisitor. She was betrayed as I was betrayed as the world was betrayed! Sometimes it takes a character in a game to... Continue Reading →
The standard you walk past is the standard you accept. - Lieutenant General David Morrison The title of this post was something said by Lt General David Morrison in a speech to the Australian army, after allegations of sexual misconduct among the Australian troops. It is oddly fitting for what I'm about to talk about... Continue Reading →
When I told colleagues that I was going to do some writing about problematic enemies in games, one of the enemies that came up was the Desire Demon in Dragon Age: Origins and Dragon Age II. While I don't disagree - the Desire Demon is a pretty blatant example of 1. the expectation that all... Continue Reading →
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