#datorspel

One of the problems I have with the outliers of game development and gaming culture is the feeling of entitlement and ownership that some people, primarily men, give voice to. I’m not sure if you’ve ever had the conversation around “this is what players want” and the next minute be confronted with the inaccurate statement that most players are men? Any protests are usually followed by “if you…

A thing that’s becoming more and more common in the games industry is design tests, especially for game designers and UX designers. I find there are several issues with this practice, so I’ll go over them, perhaps to my own detriment. I have a tendency to speak out when I perhaps shouldn’t. You – as a hiring company – are asking people to do unpaid work for you. I’ve had people asking me to do…

Triple-A Games Are Not Art

So you might think that this statement is very definitive and absolute and you would be kind of right. You might also wonder if I’m actually serious, because damn, look at all those lovely games out there, with their graphics and their narrative and… yes. Maybe I’m wrong about this, but I know I’m right about one thing: If the people behind a game can’t stand up and say – “yes, we intentionally…

It has been a while since GamerGate. In the industry, time has passed. There are companies and developers who no longer were part of that painful and horrific time. They reclaimed Pepe the Frog and have no idea what seeing that frog as an emoji in a conversation is stressful and anxiety inducing. They didn’t see how individuals that were previously pro inclusiveness and diversity turned into…

This post is more about putting thoughts on paper than a finished hypothesis. It has to do with the (potential) conflict between identification with the avatar and the limited selection of said avatars, primarily because most of them are written and designed by white, heterosexual cis-men. Many games that deal with identification, call it stepping into a role or whatever, use 3rd person cameras…

We have problems in the games industry. Most of the time those problems can be attributed to men. Considering most companies have an 80/20 split between men and women, maybe it is not that weird. As a developer, if you find yourself in an interview and come across any of these situations, it might be worth listening to your gut a wee bit extra. You are the only woman in the room. This means that…