Tag: spelkultur

Know Your Limits

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This post is mainly about knowing yourself and knowing when to stay and when to leave a bad situation. One of the things I’ve learned in my 20 years in game development is that having convictions and a strong sense of justice will cost you. Pair that with expertise and an unwillingness to sugarcoat and... Continue Reading →

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Have some fucking accountability

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 →

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The Day We Are Mediocre

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I had dinner with a friend yesterday and he said something very memorable to me when we ate. He said " I know we're okay, because our studio is the first place I've run into mediocre women devs. Normally they're outstanding." While I understand that this sounds not that overwhelmingly great - you kind of... Continue Reading →

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Let me be the hero

I vividly remember seeing Wonder Woman in the darkness of a movie theatre with a dear friend. I remember tears in my eyes as Diana climbed up the ladder and charged across the battlefield. I remember thinking “this is for me”, and how unused to seeing women as heroes I was. It wasn’t the first... Continue Reading →

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The Myth of the Male Genius

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Note: I will be using the term "woman" a lot in this post, in part because articles and research tend to use a gender binary. I do however recognise that the biases women face are biases all marginalised groups face in equal or greater measure. Stop me if you've heard this before: "Yeah, he's an... Continue Reading →

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Uneven playing fields

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[..] for the purpose of this discussion I'm more interested in the kind of attitude that underlies and perpetuates mansplaining. And my answer, in short, is entitlement: entitlement of the epistemic variety, which relates to knowledge, beliefs, and the possession of information. - Entitled: How Male Privilege Hurts Women, Kate Mann Raise your hand if... Continue Reading →

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