Achievement Unlocked!

I've been quoted in a Master's thesis. Or rather this blog has. Scoot on over to Frida Markendahl's Making (a) difference in games Feminist game creation and other interferences with the Swedish video game industry’s reproduction of gendered sameness and read my wise words. I sound really smart when she quotes me! I have a... Continue Reading →

Diversity Dungeons – Part 3

The Politics and Misconceptions of Gender One of the problems with Desborough's text is that it presupposes through implications. At the start of the chapter on gender, Desborough states that wanting to make games more inclusive when it comes to gender comes at a cost. It's as if Desborough is arguing that the lack of... Continue Reading →

Diversity Dungeons – Part 2

Ethnicity in RPGs This is the second part in my series dedicated to reading and rebutting the booklet Diversity Dungeons and in this blog post, I'll be looking at ethnicity. This is a somewhat skewed and queer reading of the text. I also want to point out that I am not a person of color.... Continue Reading →

Förhandla om utrymme

Som en uppföljning på Posten Som Pajade Bloggen tänkte jag ta upp ytterligare ett fenomen som gjorde sig påmint i kommentarerna på ovanstående post, men även gjorde sig påmint i forumet och har en tendens att dyka upp då och då. Det är tanken om att vi som marginaliserade grupper inom spelhobbyn bara får ta... Continue Reading →

När bägaren rinner över

Häromdagen gjorde jag ett misstag. Mitt misstag bestod i att tro att det går att ställa enkla frågor i bräd-och rollspelsforum och tro att jag skall få ett enkelt svar. Jag vill framföra en innehållsvarning innan du läser vidare. Texten innehåller citat och de citaten kan ibland vara transfobiska, rasistiska och sexistiska. Jag har tagit... Continue Reading →

Locking ourselves in

I have been spending a lot of time recently thinking about the games industry, gaming culture and the strong divides that exist within the culture and the industry. Less so within the industry than the culture. The divides that I'm talking about are of course the idea that there are two camps in the gaming... Continue Reading →

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