On expanding my writing horizons
One thing I wanna do is write things besides diversity pieces. I’m good at it, but surprise, I do have other areas of game knowledge. I really enjoy fighting games, turn based strategy stuff. I play games besides RPG’s that I can discuss at length. Shocking I know.
I’ve also got a UX degree, focusing on human computer interaction & user centric design. Game UI’s are fascinating to me. I thought about this because my writing round up of last year was all diversity focused pieces. I want to do stuff on streaming too!
Writing has always been my best tool, a weapon when other means failed me. It’s also my passion, a long term love. I’m just hoping that I haven’t painted myself into a corner with what people want me to write or think is my only area of expertise. My 2016 writing round up below.
On occasion folks pay me to write for them! Here’s some of my faves from 2016 in no particular order:
Ride or Die: Mafia III Review — Ontological Geek
Ghost Busters is still Haunted by Negative Racial Tropes — Polygon
Where do we find Community as Gamers? — Uncanny Magazine
Racism in Watch Dogs 2 is Subtle, and that’s how it won me over — Polygon
The Developer of Moon Hunters Explains how Diversity Shaped the Game — Vice
On occasion I write stuff for fun, or because I’ve got many thoughts on the topic:
Review — Women in Game Development: Breaking the Glass Level Cap — I Need Diverse Games
Thoughts on Diversity, Conventions and Costs — Medium
Twitch Etiquette — Some things I’ve Learned — Medium
You can keep up with my writings on Medium, my site or more than likely over on Twitter, where a lot of my thoughts start off and get reshuffled into a more cohesive thing on Medium.
If you like the stuff I write outside of freelance games pieces, you can support my work on Patreon for as little as $1 a month.
