Tropes vs Women in Video Games

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Damsel in Distress (Part 1)
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This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered cliché in the history of gaming and why the trope has been core to the popularization and .. show full overview
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Damsel in Distress (Part 2)
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This is the second in a series of three videos exploring the Damsel in Distress trope in video games. In this installment we look at “dark and edgy” side of the trope in more modern .. show full overview
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Damsel in Distress (Part 3)
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This is the third installment in our three part mini-series exploring the Damsel in Distress trope in video games. In this episode we examine the rare Dude in Distress role reversal and .. show full overview
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Ms. Male Character
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In this episode we examine the Ms. Male Character trope and briefly discuss a related pattern called the Smurfette Principle. We've defined the Ms. Male Character Trope as: The female .. show full overview
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Women as Background Decoration (Part 1)
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In this episode we explore the Women as Background Decoration trope which is the subset of largely insignificant non-playable female characters whose sexuality or victimhood is exploited .. show full overview
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Women as Background Decoration (Part 2)
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This is the second episode exploring the Women as Background Decoration trope in video games. In this installment we expand our discussion to examine how sexualized female bodies often .. show full overview
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The Scythian: Positive Female Characters in Video Games
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In the debut episode of our series on Positive Female Characters, we celebrate the Scythian, the protagonist of Capybara Games’ 2011 release Superbrothers: Sword & Sworcery EP. This .. show full overview
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Jade: Positive Female Characters in Video Games
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This episode of our series on Positive Female Characters focuses on Jade, the protagonist of Ubisoft's 2003 action-adventure game Beyond Good & Evil. We examine how plot elements, .. show full overview
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Women as Reward
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This episode explores the numerous ways in which the Women as Reward trope manifests in video games. The trope occurs when women or women’s bodies are employed as rewards for player .. show full overview

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