I played a few great games in 2015, but two stood out for me because I enjoyed them so much and spent a lot of time in their respective game worlds. Until Dawn and Life is Strange have common themes, the idea of choice and the impacts those choices have on outcomes, and it was interesting how a similar concept was explored in each…
Category: Sex and Gender
Things That Have Been Keeping Me Busy
It has been almost a year since I wrote anything game-related on this blog. Although this blog hasn’t been active, I have been doing things. Here’s a rundown. Conventions This past March, I attended the Game Developers Conference. I had an amazing time at GDC 2014. I say this almost every year, but this was probably the best and my…
Speaking at PAX 2013
I’ll be speaking at a panel at the upcoming Penny Arcade Expo. The convention is happening from 30 August – 2 September in Seattle. This panel has a lot of super smart industry professionals on it, and they will be primarily be focusing on things that people can do in the creative process to create compelling content without blindly falling…
Signs of Change
I’ve been banging on the drum of inclusivity and diversity in games culture for nearly a decade on this blog and for over half a decade on Twitter. I have often felt as if I was one of a few who cared about these issues. Worse, I felt at times that it was only women who cared about issues of…
Looking Past the Target Audience: The Never-Ending Panel and Blog
At my recent panel at Emerald City Comicon, called “Looking Past the Target Audience: Gender, Race, and Geek Identity Politics,” we as a group of panelists were fully aware that we would not be able to cover a topic this huge in scope and complexity in the short amount of time allotted. This is, briefly, what we discussed in the panel:…