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Pages in category "Female characters in video games" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 258 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
In the 21st century, we’ve encountered different types of women in the games we play — from the smart and resourceful, to the kind-hearted, and even the strong and ambitious.
Many early female video game characters (such as Ms. Pac-Man) are identical to an existing male character, except for a visual marker of their femininity, such as pink bows, lipstick and long eyelashes. [72] [73] Female video game characters have been criticized as having a tendency to be objects of the "male gaze". [74]
The developers stated that Eve's large costume selection was due to her fascination with outfits left behind on the surface of Earth, though chose not to state or demonstrate this part of her character in game. [11] Several pre-existing female video game characters influence her design, including Nier: Automata ' s 2B and P.N.03 ' s Vanessa Z ...
Mic writer Tanya DePass was unhappy with Twintelle's design, criticizing the fact that she was a "brown, female character with weaponized hair." She compared the idea of "weaponized hair" to real-world discrimination against Black people for their natural hairstyles, suggesting that Twintelle's hair was part of a greater issue in video games ...
Dona Bailey. Dona Bailey - American game programmer who, along with Ed Logg in 1981, created the arcade video game Centipede. [4] [5]Laura Bailey - American voice actress.; Ellen Beeman - American fantasy and science fiction author, cofounder the industry group Women in Games International, and computer game designer/producer since the 1990s. [6]
A content analysis report of 571 games released between 1983 and 2014 with playable female characters touches on one of the possible reasons behind a lack of women in certain video game genres; women may choose to avoid certain genres depicting female characters in a negative light, such as oversexualization, in order not to become part of a ...
Pages in category "Women and video games" The following 24 pages are in this category, out of 24 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...