Thursday, January 21, 2016

Issues of Diversity and Identity in Games

Links from our course discussion:

Girl Game Sites:

http://www.girlsgogames.com/
http://www.games2girls.com/
http://girl.me/
http://gamesforgirls.com/

Tomb Raider: And The Idealized Body Image



And that some women, as outsiders in a male-dominated gaming world, have even faced harassment, such as in events like GamerGate:
http://gawker.com/what-is-gamergate-and-why-an-explainer-for-non-geeks-1642909080

Games about Economic Status (And Some Where People Benefit From Real World Money)

https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/make-it-rain-love-money-addicting/id839599050?mt=8

Stereotypical Diversity



And Different Views on Gender

The kiss scene from The Last of Us


And that we often choose characters based on race, class, and gender


And that there are serious games out there trying to deal with cultural issues like

Darfur is Dying 

And 

Never Alone 


And finally, that some games work without characters with identities at all:





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