Video games have a wide range of characters that are unique and diverse. Some characters are similar to others while others are more unique. A game’s characters can be any race or either gender that the creator 's desire. Sometimes the character’s gender may affect how they are written and sometimes there gender doesn’t matter to the story at all.
Many early video game characters were basic and written with a very short back story. They’re weren’t many playable female video game characters. The first playable female video game character was Lady Bug from the arcade game Lady Bug, it was a knock off version of Pac-Man which came out in 1981. Similar to Pac-Man it had no story though.
Donkey Kong, a game which you had to save a damsel …show more content…
Most game characters from action games have dark backstories, such as losing their parents or being kidnaped, as seen by the characters I mentioned. Both male and female characters can be inspiring and I don’t see any reason to think differently depending on their gender.
These characters all have something in common is they fall under stereotypes the some many associate with males. These aren’t male stereotypes, they are stereotypes need to be a good game character. You wouldn’t want to play as a character that wouldn’t let you kill the bad guy or that was to afraid to move. Stereotypes are widely held and oversimplified so they have no room in video games because they don’t matter.
They’re aren 't many ways that they are different but there are a few. One difference is that the male characters have or had a female that they cared for greatly, were as the female characters show more independence in the games. John depends on Cortana throughout most of the games and when he doesn’t have her, her spends his time trying to get her back. After Kratos loses his wife and daughter he goes into an unstoppable rage without them. Samus is different because once she becomes an adult she goes out on her own. Same with Lara Croft in the way that once she left home she started adventuring on her own with little help. That’s how female and male characters are …show more content…
Time.com brings up on point in there video, Women in Video Games, that Kate Upton, the adult female that promotes the game, is actaully dressed too sexy. The first thing wrong with that argument is that Kate is representing the Greek God Athena and Kate is dressed to the part. The second thing wrong with that argument is that Kate is a mature adult, can make her own decisions and can dress how she wants. The last thing wrong with this argument is that Kate is wearing more than the average bathing suit and what she is wearing is equivalent to a
Many early video game characters were basic and written with a very short back story. They’re weren’t many playable female video game characters. The first playable female video game character was Lady Bug from the arcade game Lady Bug, it was a knock off version of Pac-Man which came out in 1981. Similar to Pac-Man it had no story though.
Donkey Kong, a game which you had to save a damsel …show more content…
Most game characters from action games have dark backstories, such as losing their parents or being kidnaped, as seen by the characters I mentioned. Both male and female characters can be inspiring and I don’t see any reason to think differently depending on their gender.
These characters all have something in common is they fall under stereotypes the some many associate with males. These aren’t male stereotypes, they are stereotypes need to be a good game character. You wouldn’t want to play as a character that wouldn’t let you kill the bad guy or that was to afraid to move. Stereotypes are widely held and oversimplified so they have no room in video games because they don’t matter.
They’re aren 't many ways that they are different but there are a few. One difference is that the male characters have or had a female that they cared for greatly, were as the female characters show more independence in the games. John depends on Cortana throughout most of the games and when he doesn’t have her, her spends his time trying to get her back. After Kratos loses his wife and daughter he goes into an unstoppable rage without them. Samus is different because once she becomes an adult she goes out on her own. Same with Lara Croft in the way that once she left home she started adventuring on her own with little help. That’s how female and male characters are …show more content…
Time.com brings up on point in there video, Women in Video Games, that Kate Upton, the adult female that promotes the game, is actaully dressed too sexy. The first thing wrong with that argument is that Kate is representing the Greek God Athena and Kate is dressed to the part. The second thing wrong with that argument is that Kate is a mature adult, can make her own decisions and can dress how she wants. The last thing wrong with this argument is that Kate is wearing more than the average bathing suit and what she is wearing is equivalent to a