As the following two sessions before Sheri Graner Ray's talk were Andrea Hasselager's wonderful Game Girl Workshop Palestine and the panel I myself participated in, I thought I'd link those YouTube sessions in, because you had to see Hasselager's very positive and uplifting talk and I had a hard time taking notes for my own... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Building Community Through Communication
Amanda Lange was next up with her talk, where she went into specifics about communities. Where Will Bonner's talk was largely about tools to use in connection to moderation, Lange spoke more about moderation and differently themed communities. Building Community Through Communication - Amanda Lange Talking about community, particularly on the internet, but not necessarily... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Safe by Design
The fourth talk was Will Bonner from Yeti, who it turns out loves Renegade Ops, who talked about how to make online spaces safe to visit and free from harassment. Will Bonner - Safe by Design Sharing game experiences can improve or detract from our enjoyment of games. Talk started at GDC when listening to... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Narrative Design for Inclusiveness
This was the third talk of the day, held by Heidi McDonald who had the same sort of starry eyed view on BioWare games as I had. The talk focused mainly on her research about romance in games. Heidi McDonald - Narrative Design for Inclusiveness First of all, McDonald made it clear what the talk... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Diversity Means Dollars
The second talk of the day was a lot more interesting to me, because it touched on subjects that I myself find very interesting and that I feel that I still have things to learn about. Tom Abernathy is from Microsoft Studios and his talk was about diversity in games based on the fact that... Continue Reading →
GGC13 – Girls Just Want to Have Fun
Gotland Game Conference anno 2013 started with a number of presentations for us in the jury - we are to sit in judgement over these games and give the students feedback, so Monday was pretty much spent listening to presentations and playing games until we dropped. Tuesday was the first "real" day of the conference,... Continue Reading →