AlterConf Boston 2014
2014-09-15
Boston, United States
who it's for
community organizers, game designers, independent game developers, games journalists, event moderators, diversity and inclusion officers, recruiters and hiring managers
topics
safe meetup practices and mailing lists; anthology publishing and crowdfunding; interruption mitigation and progressive stack; gonzo journalism in games criticism; romance and intimacy mechanics in games; LARP intimacy system Ars amandi; diary games using Twine and RenPy; Depression Quest and Dys4ia case studies; Patreon and creator funding models; online harassment and moderation strategies; algorithmic recruiting and profile scraping; hiring heuristics and network effects
| title | author | length |
|---|---|---|
| A Group For All People | Jennifer Konikowski, Adri Mills | 12m |
Argues that small exclusive groups increase diversity in larger communities by giving minority members confidence and practice speaking up, citing PyLadies and… | ||
| Trans_: An Anthology of Trans People & the Internet | Mitch Kellaway | 19m |
Project is explicitly a first anthology called Trans_: An Anthology of Trans People and the Internet edited by Mitch and Harlan Kellaway with Nina Malaya… | ||
| Talking the Talk | Shauna Gordon-McKeon | 20m |
Describes specific conversational behaviors: four interruption types (classic, interjection, pause, overlap) and concrete fixes such as the five second rule to… | ||
| The Objectivity Myth: Why Games Need Gonzo Journalism | Maddy Myers | 25m |
Argues that the myth of newsroom objectivity persists in games coverage and that gonzo journalism — explicit first-person narrative admitting bias and emotion… | ||
| Sex & Love (VS Violence) in Games | Emily Care Boss, Lizzie Stark | 22m |
Argues that romance belongs in games and gives concrete tools: a live LARP intimacy mechanic called Ars amandi that maps to arm‑touching with permitted zones… | ||
| Rise of the Diary Game | Caelyn Sandel | 23m |
Shows that diary games make concrete claims and use real tools: Depression Quest (released Feb 14, 2013 via Steam Greenlight) and Dys4ia use mechanics to… | ||
| Redefining "The Best:" ... | Chelsea Barabas | 17m |
Title claims that hiring needs redefining and supplies the specifics: interviews with founders and head recruiters plus shadowing a CODE2040 cohort show hiring… | ||
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