Female Character in Video Game across the eras

Introduction

Video Games in the 80s

Video Game in the 90s

Video Game in the 2000s

Video Games in the 2010s to Present

Present Games

Subversive Female Characters

Oversexualized Female Characters

Outro

General Greeting and talking about the game played.

Reveal the question of how female characters are portrayed over the years.

80s games, 8-bit games, and arcade game centers were popular options, along with gaming consoles.

Earlier games either had no female characters , focused on male characters only and female characters were portrayed as damsel in distress.

Starting in the 2010s, female empowerment became more popular, and game design is aware of the subject in social aspects.

Game design is more focused on societal choice; not only does it focus on he realistic look, but on a female character's story, her emotions, and trying not to differ what they can do from the male characters.

Subversive way to break out of the "Box."

Oversexualized Characters are still powerful in the game as other subversive ways to show their value.

Introduction

Video Games in the 80s

Video Game in the 90s

Video Game in the 2000s

Video Games in the 2010s to Present

Present Games

Subversive Female Characters

Oversexualized Female Characters

Outro

General Greeting and talking about the game played.

Reveal the question of how female characters are portrayed over the years.

80s games, 8-bit games, and arcade game centers were popular options, along with gaming consoles.

Earlier games either had no female characters , focused on male characters only and female characters were portrayed as damsel in distress.

Starting in the 2010s, female empowerment became more popular, and game design is aware of the subject in social aspects.

Game design is more focused on societal choice; not only does it focus on he realistic look, but on a female character's story, her emotions, and trying not to differ what they can do from the male characters.

Subversive way to break out of the "Box."

Oversexualized Characters are still powerful in the game as other subversive ways to show their value.

Introduction

Video Games in the 80s

Video Game in the 90s

Video Game in the 2000s

Video Games in the 2010s to Present

Present Games

Subversive Female Characters

Oversexualized Female Characters

Outro

General Greeting and talking about the game played.

Reveal the question of how female characters are portrayed over the years.

80s games, 8-bit games, and arcade game centers were popular options, along with gaming consoles.

Earlier games either had no female characters , focused on male characters only and female characters were portrayed as damsel in distress.

Starting in the 2010s, female empowerment became more popular, and game design is aware of the subject in social aspects.

Game design is more focused on societal choice; not only does it focus on he realistic look, but on a female character's story, her emotions, and trying not to differ what they can do from the male characters.

Subversive way to break out of the "Box."

Oversexualized Characters are still powerful in the game as other subversive ways to show their value.