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“That’s just how it is”: Sexism in the Gaming Industry If you take a random poll to ask people who they believe is the chief consumer of video games, nine times out of ten you’ll get the same response- teenaged boys. When we think of gaming and gamers, we think of a gaggle of pimple-faced, adolescent boys eating Doritos and screaming at each other over kill shots on Halo or Gears of War. Despite this idea our culture seems have, the actual data claims something completely different.…

Dystopian literature specifically looks at how political, social, and economic structures can go bad and oppress the people that they are meant to help. A dystopia is a general public portrayed by an attention on that which is in opposition to the creator's ethos, for example, mass neediness, open doubt and doubt, a police state or oppression. Most creators of tragic fiction investigate no less than one motivation behind why things are that path, frequently as a relationship for comparable…

Minute North American towns, composed of a closely knitted society, of friends and family, where everybody knows every single citizen, are famous world over. Popularity of TV shows such as Twin Peaks, and Desperate Housewives has only further cemented the status of a small idyllic town with a deep seeded mystery, knitted within the fabric of its society. And it comes to no surprise that this particular subject matter has also been explored by the video game industry, within the last decade.…

complete the objective A first. According to Shepard (2012), linear games have a strong beginning, middle and end where everything progressing in a straight line. For examples, Gear of War 2 (2008), Final Fantasy saga (1988-2014), Dishonored (2012), The Bioshock series (2007-2013) and more. Just like watching a movie in cinema and listen to a presentation, where the audience or players will experience the same beginning, the middle and the ending. One of the advantages of linear storytelling is…

Varying from the macabre styles of the Dark Souls series and Bioshock to the happy, colorful style of Viva Piñata, the graphics play a significant role in how a game is perceived by the audience who plays it. If these graphics do not meet the general tone or mood of a game, the game itself becomes contradictory and…

This is because he argues that apart from engaging the players in imaginary violent acts, the games accord players meaningful repercussions for the choices they make. He gives an example of a game called BioShock in which the player encounters people who are genetically modified and have been victimized by a mad ideology. At this point, the player is left with the option of helping the unfortunates or exploiting them for genetic resources. The action of the…

think in identical ways and forced me to make decisions I would otherwise never make in my life. From the psychological reality of what it is to make devastating decisions in Spec Ops: The Line to the hauntingly corrupt phrase “Would you kindly?” of Bioshock, the best video games rival the best books, movies, plays, or television shows with the added benefit of allowing the user to place themselves in the space of those characters. Mankind needs these forms of art to experience what has never…

Adam had been a subject of much debate over the past couple decades probably more so than it ever has been before. One of the main reasons so many people have avoided him in today’s society is because they do not understand how they can be held responsible for another person’s sin. This must come to an end considering the impact he has on the life of a person. With all the different viewpoints of who he was, it has made it difficult for Christians and non-Christians alike to come to any kind of…

In American culture, we’ve explored the force behind society’s influence over the female ideology on ideal beauty and behavior. Many have made a stance against this force and sought to control society’s influence over the female struggle; however, we fail to acknowledge the male struggle. Society’s impact over the male ideology on “what it takes to be a man” has been effective for as long as its impact on women, and just as poisonous. The consequences and torture concealed in the pressures…

The list will start off with some sexist games and to start the list is Grand Theft Auto V, God of War, Mortal Kombat, Bioshock Infinite, Bayonetta, and last but definitely not least Deadpool. “The gaming world is a historically and notoriously sexist one, and although this has improved over recent years, it is by no mean a resolved issue.” (Most Shocking) The sexism has…