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The relationship between women and video games has received extensive academic and media attention. Since the 1990s, [1] female gamers have commonly been regarded as a minority. However, industry surveys have shown that over time, the gender ratio has become closer to equal. Beginning mainly in the 2010s, women have been found to make up around ...
The portrayal of gender in video games, as in other media, is a subject of research in gender studies and is discussed in the context of sexism in video gaming. Although women make up about half of video game players, they are significantly underrepresented as characters in mainstream games, despite the prominence of iconic heroines such as ...
E. Kate Edwards - Creator of geography game content and ex-executive director of the International Game Developers Association (IGDA). [2] Sarah Elmaleh - American voice actor and cofounder of the games conference gamedev.world. [13] [14] Keiko Erikawa - Japanese video game designer and co-founder of Koei.
April 27, 2017. ( 2017-04-27) Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a YouTube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian examining gender representation in video games. The series was financed via crowdfunding, and came to widespread attention when its Kickstarter campaign triggered a wave of online harassment against Sarkeesian, [2] causing her to ...
Women in Games. Women in Games, formally Women in Games WIGJ is a UK-based community interest company which aims to recruit more women into the video gaming industry and to protect the interests of women in the industry. It was founded in 2009 and originally known as Women in Games Jobs ( WIGJ ); the initials are still part of its legal name.
Media critic Anita Sarkeesian drew attention to sexism in video gaming with her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games. Sexism in video gaming is prejudiced behavior or discrimination based on sex or gender as experienced by people who play and create video games, primarily women. This may manifest as sexual harassment or in the way ...
Callie and Marie. Cammy. Max Caulfield. Rebecca Chambers. Julia Chang. Michelle Chang (Tekken) Charlotte (Trials of Mana) Chell (Portal) Alex Chen.
Running time. 76 minutes. Country. United States. Language. English. GTFO (also known as GTFO: Get the F&#% Out) is a 2015 American documentary film, [1] directed by Shannon Sun-Higginson, about sexism and women in the world of video games. [2] [3] It premiered at South by Southwest on March 14, 2015.