{"id":9238,"date":"2015-10-05T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-10-05T01:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/a-desk.org\/2015\/10\/05\/games-for-girls-and-everybody-else3172\/"},"modified":"2017-08-09T10:40:40","modified_gmt":"2017-08-09T10:40:40","slug":"games-for-girls-and-everybody-else3172","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/a-desk.org\/ca\/magazine\/games-for-girls-and-everybody-else3172\/","title":{"rendered":"Games for girls (and everybody else)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"670\" height=\"377\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XeAESHi8zFg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>La partida comen\u00e7a amb la pantalla de l&#8217;ordinador en negre i l&#8217;emoticona d&#8217;un cor <3 rosa en un extrem. Cliques al cor i apareix un text avisant-te de que tinguis a m\u00e0 un retolador, perqu\u00e8 al llarg del joc haur\u00e0s de dibuixar-te sobre la teva pell una s\u00e8rie de s\u00edmbols i consignes. Tamb\u00e9 et recorda que res del que facis durant la partida estar\u00e0 b\u00e9 o malament.\n\nEl proc\u00e9s de joc \u00e9s semblant als llibres de ''Tria la teva pr\u00f2pia aventura'': vas llegint text a la pantalla i algunes paraules s\u00f3n opcions, hiperlinks amb els quals la lectura-joc va avan\u00e7ant.\n\nEn aquesta hist\u00f2ria ets una dona transsexual atrapada en una ciutat futurista i dist\u00f2pica governada per una cruel emperadriu a la qual has de servir. Un sistema de poder que resideix en els pensaments -els teus-, encarnats en un personatge al que adores i odies simult\u00e0niament.\n\nAl llarg del relat, nom\u00e9s tens les opcions de sortir al carrer a beure pocions t\u00f2xiques en una destil\u00b7leria, meditar prop d'un llac contaminat, prendre hormones per al teu canvi de g\u00e8nere, construir les coses que et demana l'emperadriu en el teu estudi i creuar-te repetidament amb el fantasma d'un amor del passat.\n\nDe tant en tant, el joc et demana que dibuixis sobre la teva pell s\u00edmbols que representin: ruptura; relaci\u00f3 amb l'abisme; pensament en bucle; nous comen\u00e7aments: com et sents ara o tristesa.\nDurant la partida no guanyes ni perds res, quan el joc acaba, simplement has pres les decisions que has pogut en funci\u00f3 del que senties, despla\u00e7ant per un relat que ha deixat -literalment- marques a la teva pell. <em>With those we love alive<\/em> \u00e9s un joc de text sobre la nostra relaci\u00f3 amb el poder, per\u00f2 sobretot \u00e9s un joc sobre la nostra relaci\u00f3 amb l&#8217;amor.<\/p>\n<p>Aquest joc de text i molts m\u00e9s els fa una programadora d&#8217;Oakland anomenada <a href=\"http:\/\/aliendovecote.com\">Porpentine<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A la seva web hi ha un munt de jocs i programari gratu\u00eft per a transvestir i feminitzar l&#8217;escriptori del teu ordinador, o animacions com Trans Cyber Ritual, una barra de progr\u00e9s que visualitza operacions com: Healing trauma emoticons (emoticones que curen traumes) \/ Detecting glitch identities (detecci\u00f3 d&#8217;identitats glitch) \/ Scanning estrogen (escanejar estrogen).exe.<\/p>\n<p>Porpentine \u00e9s programadora, treballa en el digital, per\u00f2 alhora, tot el que fa t\u00e9 a veure amb el cos f\u00edsic, parteix d&#8217;ell i apunta cap a ell, com a <em>With those we love alive<\/em>, el joc descrit al principi d\u2019aquest text.<\/p>\n<p>Les formes de producci\u00f3 de Porpentine, responen a unes condicions materials (des del precari) i pol\u00edtiques (identitats trans) que es reflecteixen tant en el contingut com en les estrat\u00e8gies de posada en circulaci\u00f3. Processos que desnormativitzen la l\u00f2gica tant productiva com de les funcions i consum de la ind\u00fastria dels videojocs.<\/p>\n<p>Jocs que b\u00e0sicament s\u00f3n lectors de text en qu\u00e8 la \u00fanica finalitat \u00e9s gestionar la p\u00e8rdua de poder. Relats de ficci\u00f3 que alteren els rols del jugador i els formats d&#8217;escriptura-lectura, personatges atrapats en situacions que q\u00fcestionen la identitat (qui ets?), la posici\u00f3 (des d&#8217;on?) i l\u2019agenciament (\u00bfqu\u00e8 pots?).<\/p>\n<p>La principal eina per crear aquests jocs \u00e9s <em><a href=\"http:\/\/twinery.org\">Twine<\/a><\/em>, un programari de codi obert i lliure que serveix per crear hist\u00f2ries no lineals i interactives. A part de les avantatges \u00f2bvies del codi obert i lliure: possibilitat de ser modificat; comunitat activa; gratu\u00eft, etc., el fet que sigui text, amb hiperlinks als quals es pot afegir imatge o so, d\u00f3na \u00e0mplia cabuda a la possibilitat de narrar, de donar forma amb paraules a situacions i experi\u00e8ncies de vida que poden ser compartides.<\/p>\n<p>L&#8217;accessibilitat i facilitat de la seva producci\u00f3 i posada en circulaci\u00f3 (nom\u00e9s cal accedir-hi des d&#8217;un navegador, no cal instal\u00b7lar ni descarregar res) possibiliten l&#8217;acc\u00e9s i cabuda a persones i comunitats que rarament estan representades en els jocs digitals majoritaris o en la seva producci\u00f3 i difusi\u00f3.<\/p>\n<p>Per citar algunes programadores m\u00e9s, en la l\u00ednia de Porpentine, esmentar a Merrit Kopas, amb jocs com HugPunk (un simulador d&#8217;abra\u00e7ades en un escenari queer, urb\u00e0, de p\u00edxels rosa fluor) o Ana Antrophy amb DYS4IA, un joc sobre el proc\u00e9s hormonal per a la reassignaci\u00f3 de g\u00e8nere. Les dues autores fan xerrades, tallers i comparteixen tutorials sobre programaci\u00f3 i videojocs, amb la voluntat de canviar els rols en la cultura digital, creant una comunitat en la qual emissor i receptor comparteixen formes de vida i experi\u00e8ncies.<\/p>\n<p>El t\u00edtol <em>Games for girls (and all the others)<\/em> fa refer\u00e8ncia a una de les seccions de jocs de Porpentine, i tot i ser un t\u00edtol inclusiu, marca una posici\u00f3 espec\u00edfica: aqu\u00ed el protagonista no ser\u00e0 un heroi ni un tipus amb pistola. Jocs per a noies (i tots els altres) en els quals no hi ha res a guanyar, amb personatges i situacions que representen experi\u00e8ncies personals, baixons hormonals, inestabilitat emocional, precarietat, trauma i desig. Propostes que b\u00e0sicament es carreguen l&#8217;homologaci\u00f3 tant visual com conceptual dels videojocs majoritaris, amb est\u00e8tica de baixa resoluci\u00f3, auto narrativa, o finalitats de joc que tenen a veure m\u00e9s amb el po\u00e8tic, trencant la dicotomia guanyar\/perdre.<\/p>\n<p>Acabar nom\u00e9s apuntant que octubre (quan es publica aix\u00f2) \u00e9s el mes internacional per la despatologitzaci\u00f3 trans. Una lluita i un proc\u00e9s, que de manera inter-seccional, avan\u00e7a i troba tamb\u00e9, en \u00e0mbits com el joc digital, altres formes de representaci\u00f3, participaci\u00f3 i comunicaci\u00f3 m\u00e9s inclusives i horitzontals.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>La partida comen\u00e7a amb la pantalla de l&#8217;ordinador en negre i l&#8217;emoticona d&#8217;un cor<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1275,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3499],"tags":[],"coauthors":[6474],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Games for girls (and everybody else) &#8211; 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