Why Design Theory is Good to Know

I think I have maybe 20 books about design and the latest fad or explanation when it comes to what design is. The one thing I've learned from all of them is that design is hard to pin down, because design is everything. If we make a thing, regardless of intent, that thing is designed.... Continue Reading →

Fairness

So I’ve thought about fairness for a while, what constitutes it and how to be fair. I’ve thought about it in particular in relation to the game developer Battlestate Games and their less than graceful handling of Escape from Tarkov. While they have been making statements around women, their perceived inability to handle battle stress... Continue Reading →

A Fragile State

Links have now been added, see bottom of post. Honestly, I didn’t know what to name this blog post, so a fragile state it is. What I’m talking about is of course my own experiences in the gaming industry, both past and present, and a hypothesis I’ve formed around the idea of creativity, who gets... Continue Reading →

Post GamerGate

This is a new decade (well, technically, it's not really a new decade until 2021, but who's counting) and there are a bunch of retrospectives out there. This is... maybe not so much a retrospective as a reflection. If existing in the gaming culture has taught me one thing it's that we tend to forget... Continue Reading →

TTRPGs and Consent

The other day I was being made aware that a player at UK Games Expo was drawn into a scenario that contained a gang rape and a kidnapping of their characters. They had not been aware of this content and they had not consented to it. The reason I found out about it was because... Continue Reading →

Rollspel och utanförskap

Det här är en rant, så om det är så att du inte är intresserad av att läsa en rant är det bäst att låta bli. Det här gör mig trött: Att alltid behöva vara totalt bergsäker på något, ha minst femtielva källor som stöder varje och, om och men innan jag skriver något som... Continue Reading →

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