It is clear that the video game industry has left its metaphoric infancy state and has enter its metaphoric puberty state, since it can’t stop talking about girls. In the last couple of years one of most prominent topic in the industry has been women. Their roles in the industry, how they’re treated in the workplace and their depiction in games. So trying to keep up with what’s hot and modern I decided to tackle this not-so-controversial-but-some-how-controversial topic! To be clear I will not talk about the role of women in the industry or how they are treated in the workplace, as I feel its not my place to talk about that and there’s better literature on that topic out there in this vast place called the Internet. Also, I don’t want this blog to become my personal soapbox where I try to impose my values and standards on to other people. (We all now that’s the first step on a long road that leads to me jacking off in San Diego) But just to be clear I do support the equality of women in the video game industry and feel that its just a matter of time before this won’t be an issue anymore (Like with any minority). Alright! So with that being said, lets talk about women and how they are depicted in video games. Read More
