Tag Archives: female characters

“That girl is kicking our asses!”: Tomb Raider’s (Lack of) Gendered Power Plays

Posted on March 27, 2013 by Jillian Scharr

The firefights in Tomb Raider are intense and brutal. There are many scenes where Lara is pinned down behind a splintered barrel or crate, shooting and ducking and shooting again at upwards of ten armed enemies, half of whom are … Continue reading →

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Naughty Dog Wants to Make (More) Interesting Female Characters

Posted on December 13, 2012 by Alex

Dave Cook at VG247 has an interesting interview up with developers from Naughty Dog as well as some of the voice and motion capture actors for their upcoming game, The Last of Us. It covers the recently-introduced character of Tess, … Continue reading →

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Omega: Writing one of Mass Effect’s wrongs

Posted on November 30, 2012 by rho

I’ve written here before criticising Bioware for only featuring male Turians in their Mass Effect series. As a quick reminder, Bioware essentially didn’t include female Turians because they had no idea how to denote female characters other than by adding … Continue reading →

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Assassin’s Creed 3 Multiplayer Trailer Makes Me Cringe

Posted on October 23, 2012 by Jillian Scharr

Last week, Ubisoft posted a trailer for the multiplayer mode of upcoming game Assassin’s Creed 3. Predictably, it features whites and Native Americans, both men and women, killing each other with rifles, hammers, daggers and the like. Standard procedure for … Continue reading →

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The Treatment of Women in Dishonored

Posted on October 21, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

Warning: Minor Dishonored spoilers for mechanics and setting, though not for the plot or main story.  Like many other PC gamers these last couple of weeks, I’ve been spending a bit of time with a new friend Dishonored.  This game … Continue reading →

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[WoW] Rescuing Mina Mudclaw from a rape joke

Posted on October 8, 2012 by Tami Baribeau

I’ve been slowly wandering through the new World of Warcraft expansion, Mists of Pandaria.  Cultural appropriation aside, I’ve been quite enjoying myself.  The pace is nice and relaxed, the quests have been charming, the world is beautifully designed with bright … Continue reading →

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Magical Diary reviewed – why this game is truly magical

Posted on June 6, 2012 by rho

In the interests of full disclosure, this was a free review copy we were sent by indie developer and long-time reader Georgina Bensley, who thought this game would be a good fit for The Border House. There was, however, no … Continue reading →

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Assassin’s Creed III: Liberation for Vita to Star a Woman of Color

Posted on June 2, 2012 by Alex

Because we really need some good news this week: via Joystiq and Nyleveia, a NeoGAF user has posted scans from the most recent issue of Game Informer that has the first details of a companion game to Assassin’s Creed III … Continue reading →

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Into the Snows of Yesteryear: A Review of B. Sokal’s Syberia

Posted on January 13, 2012 by Quinnae

Adventure games always held a special sort of promise for me; they were a respite from the usual childhood fare of platformers and shoot-em-ups. Fun as those could be in their own right it was wonderful to play a genre … Continue reading →

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Designing non-human females

Posted on January 5, 2012 by rho

Creating non-human species for games (or other media types) can’t be easy. You need to try to create a unique and interesting look, which retains some humanoid features for familiarity, but also has several alien features as well. You need … Continue reading →

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