Leveling up article –
“Most games feature white protagonists”
“Asain people are heavily portrayed in fighting games”
Why diversity matters –
“As a girl growing up playing games I was always like, why do I have to play games as a boy?”
“We’re bringing that ‘it looks like me’ moment to more people”
Laura Mulvey
“In their traditional exhibitionist role women are simultaneously looked at and displayed with their appearance coded for strong visual and erotic impact so that they can be said to connote to-be-looked-at-ness”.
“In herself the woman has not the slightest importance”
Feminist frequency –
“The Damsel in Distress predates the invention of video games by several thousand years”
“The gruesome death of women for shock value is especially prevalent in modern gaming”