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ARGs and Women: Moving Beyond the Hot Brunette
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- Description:
- ARGs are often trotted out as a shining example of woman-friendly games. They boast unusually high rates of female developers and players, and a slew of kick-ass female leads. But if you dig a little deeper, are they just the post-Buffy version of Princess Peach, always needing to be saved?
- Questions
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- Do women play games?
- Do women make games?
- How are player and developer demographics different for ARGs and video games?
- How are women portrayed in traditional video games?
- How are women portrayed in ARGs?
- Why do gender roles in games matter, anyway?
- Why do the same few archetypes keep showing up in games?
- How do you come up with non-problematic female roles?
- How do these techniques extend to people of varying ethnicities, sexuality, body size, etc.?
- Are there games that do a great job of portraying women and other minorities?
- Level:
- Beginner
- Category:
- ARGs, Content, Social Issues, Video Games, Writing / Technical Writing
- Type:
- Solo
- Event:
- Interactive 2010
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