Going Deep into Love in Games: Just a Heartbeat Away
“Heartbeat is safety”, “Heartbeat has been a place for connection and exploration”, “I feel spoiled for other game jams, this…
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Being Nice Isn’t That Hard, Folks
I’m sure a lot of you have seen the whacky images coming out of Mass Effect: Andromeda. The goofy facial…
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I Want To Like You, Krem, But…
As a trans man myself, I was super excited when I found out that there was a trans male character…
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No Pause Screen Doesn’t Make Your Game Hardcore
I’ve been playing games for a little over 20 years now. Starting with PC games when I was a toddler,…
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Reflections on ‘Game Changers’ (with thoughts from Dan Golding and Leena van Deventer)
Game Changers is a powerful, emotionally moving non-fiction book that made me cry on more than one occasion. This is…
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Designing Diversity: Making Fairy Tale
When you create something and release it into the world—no matter the medium—it can be terrifying. You let a product…
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GX Australia and Safe Places in Gaming
This past weekend I was lucky enough to attend Australia’s inaugural GaymerX convention on behalf of The Winning Agenda. It…
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His Apocalypse: Normativity in Fallout 4
Fallout 4 is almost everything I want in a game of its nature: an open world, an interesting narrative, and…
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Why Minority Events are Great for Everyone
As a straight, white male raised in middle class Australia, I am not someone that has experienced the hardships of…
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Sick Heroes at PAX Aus 2015
Have you thought about how chronic conditions, like pain and mental illness, are represented in games? Portrayals are often one-dimensional…
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