Ana Kronschnabl...

At the Develop Conference 2010 in Brighton, David Smith of GameCareers.BIZ interviewed Ana Kronschnabl about FluffyLogic. Read the full article at GameCareers.BIZ where you can also watch the interview.

Digital Planet is the weekly technology programme broadcast from the BBC World Service. At the Develop Conference 2010 they interviewed FluffyLogic CEO Ana Kronschnabl about representations of women in computer games. Read the full article on the BBC Technology website, or you can listen to the interview on BBC iPlayer.

When you think about women in video games, you would be forgiven for imagining the helpless girly-girl persona of Mario's beloved Princess Peach, or for getting distracted by the improbably-chested, often-running Lara Croft.

FluffyLogic CEO Ana Kronschnabl has recently written an article for casualgaming.biz in which she discusses the changes that have ocurred within the games industry that have led to their increasingly broad appeal.

“I have known very few women who like playing computer games – until now,” Kronschnabl said. “What was it that persuaded my mother to buy a Wii? The answer is amazingly simple; it became useful.

FluffyLogic CEO, Ana Kronschnabl has a new article in Develop magazine which explors the concept of 'Diegetic Media' (building on her recent presentation at the Women in Games conference in 2008).

Ana and Tom from FluffyLogic will be giving a talk as part of Bristol Skill Swap on Thursday 28th June. The talk will be a brief journey though the computer games world with plenty of useful information on games design, the games industry and human-computer-interaction. It will look at; how you make a game, what makes a good game, how narrative features in games and where are computer games going in the future. Tickets are unfortunately no longer available as the event has sold out, but there may be returns. Thanks to Knowledge West who are providing the room and nibbles for the talk.