Female Characters in Games
The cluster discusses gender representation in video games, focusing on debates about the need for more female protagonists, character customization options, criticisms of sexism in game design, and whether such representation affects player enjoyment.
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How does this stop women enjoying games? See this comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7317484
As a gay man I still play games that don't have gay characters in them (even though I wish there were more). I don't believe women differ from myself at all and I don't think the character's background matters as long as the general platform is diverse. I'm sure women will play games with female main characters, male main character etc in the same way that I'll play games with straight main characters and gay main characters alike.Seems kind of sexist to imply ot
It's not inherently sexist to point out differences between sexes, especially in context that isn't discriminatory. There are also practical differences due to environment and culture, not biology.In case of games, usually the problem is that the stories are written from a perspective of a male fantasy, where role of women is reduced to just being a pretty accessory. "Dead hooker" jokes aren't equally funny to everyone.Whether this game will be more appealing to wo
Agreed. This reads like those memes about men writing female characters..
"I've created a cool game with heaps of female characters""YOU MISOGYNIST! The female characters are all X"."We've taken feedback and made some Y & Z characters as well"."YOU MISOGYNIST! There is more to women than X, Y & Z.""So we've made a game with male characters..."That's the argument as I can see it. Is it fair or real? Who knows, but that's what it is!
I wish this were a joke. A tampon is unambiguously designed for women. Video games are designed for those who enjoy them.
Why give the option for gender selection or character customization in video games? People care about seeing themselves represented. It doesn't hurt anyone to have options (other than those who have to wade through supporting unicode standards)
Imagine a world where every major video game stars women. Where when there is a man in the cast, his only character trait is "he's the guy", versus an assortment of ladies who are at least two-dimensional. He is also probably going to be kidnapped, so he has no agency as a character - really, he only exists as a prize for the ladies to fight over.This is not one game. This is pretty much any video game. This is pretty much every single video game in the world. Games where a mal
Why wouldn't a woman be able to be good at a game made by a white man?
"In Pre-WWIII America, the Gender of Video Game Protagonists Was a Highly Political Decision"