Female Characters in Arcane – Diverse, Interesting, and Not Overshadowed
Arcane has a lot of amazing aspects, one of them being complex characters and good writing. This article will be discussing female representation in the series.
Get ready for the last shift and become the Mixologist, but is it for the sake of creative expression or mere survival?
Between crafting and serving drinks – On labor tropes in drink making games and their relation to creativity and uncertainty.
The Sims have opened up a world of diversity by destroying the genre
Throughout this last decade, the Sims have become one of the best known social simulation videogames in our gamer imaginary. A game that allows us to create a new world with adorable virtual alter-egos with which to manage a parallel life that doesn't exist. A new life where you choose how and who to be and where the representation of you is increasingly diverse
Who gets to decide? – Representation and inclusion in Overwatch community
When two Overwatch characters were revealed to be LGBTQ, discussions flared in the community. Tanja Välisalo and Maria Ruotsalainen ask: Who has the right to have a say in what kind of representation is included in a game?
Underrepresented group – A content analysis of child characters in video games
How do video games portray children? Reay analyses a collection of 506 popular titles from the year 2009 to 2019 through an content analysis to find out representation.
The Archaic Attitude Towards Video Games in German TV Coverage
A study shows that German public television holds still a persistent and biased view on video games.