Tag: representation
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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.
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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.
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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…
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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?
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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.
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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.