Leigh announced Offworld’s revival during the GDC’s #1reasontobe
panel and the response has already been incredible. But I’ll leave it to
her to tell you about it, because more than merely featuring her and
Laura’s work here, Offworld will have an AGENDA.
Ever thought games might not be for you? Join us. Here, games are for you.
Offworld is a place for curious and playful grown-ups, where we
can enjoy the endless possibilities of the 21st century’s greatest art
form. We’re here to express our love of exploring new worlds, to talk to
their creators, to share our discoveries, and imagine new frontiers to
play in together.
This will be an unequivocal home for women and minorities, whose
voices will make up most of the work published here. We’re central to
the growth and development of this warm, brilliant, expressive medium.
Our doors officially open next Monday, March 9. The journey was long, but we made it, and this is our space. Welcome Offworld.
December 02Comments Off on “The campaign grew and morphed and got a name, “gamergate.” Very few people came out looking good in…”Category: Feed, Games, Tumblr
“The campaign grew and morphed and got a name, “gamergate.” Very few people came out looking good in the ensuing hashtag war—an example of social media at its worst, with childish insults, sarcasm, disingenuousness, and threats of rape and other violence. Quinn fled her home in Boston and hasn’t been back in months. She periodically gets reports that strangers are lurking outside. She’s working with criminal prosecutors and the FBI on some of the more serious threats, but she says that her life has been practically destroyed. “I talk to my therapist,” Quinn says, via Skype from London. “She says, ‘I don’t even know what to tell you, this is so f---ing far outside anything I’m aware of.’ ””
It doesn’t take nerve to side with the powerful and to punch down.
To call for an absence of “political agendas” in video game criticism is itself a deeply political agenda, one in defense of a very imbalanced status quo that many perceive as perfectly balanced. It is also to hope for the impossible, since most games are inherently political and therefore any review of such a game, whether by choosing to discuss the politics of the game or choosing not to, is assuming a political position of some kind. When people say “get politics out of my games and game reviews,” what they really mean is “Keep making games that reinforce my worldview, stop making games that challenge my worldview, and stop questioning the political values of the games that reinforce my worldview.”
November 06Comments Off on “What are the obligations of men in the industry, in the wake of all this?
It’s so simple, but they…”Category: Feed, Games, Tumblr
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What are the obligations of men in the industry, in the wake of all this?
It’s so simple, but they need to be listening to women. That’s it.
