“Black and other characters of color became more prevalent, even if most often confined to the fighting genre”

“Some of the only places where Black characters could be found was in sports games”

“Playstation recently sponsored Pride London, providing a joyous, hugely colourful presence in the parade.”

“This is a really important part of representation – giving people who struggle to play games the ability to join in, and to be visible on screen.”

“Most games feature white protagonists”

“Psychoanalytic theory is thus appropriate here as a political weapon, demonstrating the way the unconscious of patriarchal society has structured film form.”

“The gruesome death of women for shock value is especially prevalent in modern gaming”

“Women’s desire is subjected to her image as bearer of the bleeding wound, she can exist only in relation to castration and cannot transcend it.”

“The Damsel in destress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and must be rescued by the male character, usually providing a core incentive or motivation for the protagonist’s quest.”

“The Damsel in the refrigerator occurs when the hero’s sweetheart is brutally murdered and her soul is then trapped or abducted by the villain.”

“Only solutions to kill the damsel to protect her”

”Young, white, straight male”

“The Damsel in Distress predates the invention of video games by several thousand years”

“Only solutions to kill the damsel to protect her”