Tag Archives: game design

Female Protagonists: A “Risk” Worth Taking

Posted on January 8, 2011 by Brinstar

Doc at Inner Child Gamer wrote a post about the case for creating more games with female protagonists. Unfortunately, the antiquated and limited state of the industry is still such that some designers and writers need to fight for and are required … Continue reading →

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What tale will you create for your Prince or Princess?

Posted on September 9, 2010 by Gunthera1

EA recently announced a new title coming to the Sims line-up : The Sims Medieval. Not much has been revealed about the game. We do know that there will be quests and many possible roles to play: kings, queens, blacksmiths, … Continue reading →

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Article about female main characters lures out the trolls

Posted on August 7, 2010 by Gunthera1

Recently Gamasutra posted an article by Leigh Alexander discussing Activision’s lack of female main characters in their games. The article included numerous quotes from former Activision employees outlining  the company’s logic when designing main characters. There is a systemic “lose the … Continue reading →

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Persona 3 Portable – Female character now included!

Posted on July 16, 2010 by Gunthera1

Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 is now  on it’s 3rd iteration. Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 was released in 2007 for the PlayStation 2. It’s success led to an updated Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 FES edition in 2008 with … Continue reading →

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Game Career Guide Article on Unique Female Character Design

Posted on May 29, 2010 by Alex

Last week, Game Career Guide posted an article called “The Aesthetics of Unique Video Game Characters”. The author, Shaylyn Hamm, describes an experiment she did where she created alternate female Team Fortress 2 characters and solicited feedback from various gamer … Continue reading →

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Fable III Box Art Disappoints

Posted on May 28, 2010 by Gunthera1

Recently, a possible US box art for Fable III was revealed. Based on this cover, the game looks like another title with a burly male main character. All 3 games in the series featured covers with a male character looking … Continue reading →

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Rule 63

Posted on May 14, 2010 by Gunthera1

Rule # 63 of the internet “For any male character, there is a female version of that character.” Recently some images of popular game characters with their gender swapped have been floating around the internet. The original story has artwork … Continue reading →

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Subtitles During Cut Scenes

Posted on April 29, 2010 by Gunthera1

My video game genre of choice is role playing games. Many of these have detailed cut scenes that tell the story of the game as you progress through the experience. Unfortunately,  in a number of games that I have recently … Continue reading →

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A Matter of Resources

Posted on April 1, 2010 by Twyst

Twyst, Gunthera1, elenielstorm, and Brinstar look at playable men in games: The latest fad seems to be asking why there are no playable male characters in video games. We reached out to a few developers to get their thoughts on … Continue reading →

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Feminism and Video Games 101: Shooting Female Enemies Isn’t Icky

Posted on March 12, 2010 by Alex

I almost never read Kotaku, let alone the comments. But I found this comment on the post about the lack of female characters in Battlefield: Bad Company 2 via Stephen Totilo’s Twitter and thought it was worth discussing. The comment, … Continue reading →

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