Friday, 7 August 2015

Gender in Video Games



These days gaming is seen as a mainly male dominate industry and the depiction of women in games has been seen as sexism and has created a fair few arguments around that topic in these current years.

From the very early years of gaming women in games have been seen as ‘the damsel in distress’ and often have had no big part in the game besides for them to be saved or to give you quests. Its only in these few years that have passed which women have become an actual part of the game and instead of them being just a little piece, they are the main character you play as and aren’t weak and small but strong and independent characters.


After years and years of games coming out we are finally moving away from the sexism in games and including women in as proper respectable characters to play as in games and this is seen in the game ‘The Last of Us’ where you play as Joel accompanied by Tess which is also a big character in the game and Ellie, a male character and female character both with their own abilities and strengths. Hopefully all future video games will move in the same course as ‘The Last of Us’ did and treat women as equal and nothing less.

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