- Target:
- Female Gamers; Microsoft; Sony
- Region:
- Australia
- Website:
- www.guardian.co.uk
The list of games with a playable, main female heroines; http://www.mobygames.com/game-group/protagonist-female
Female gamers deserve to be able to sit down and play a really good hack and slash or shooter game without having to seat themselves into the role of a chunky masculine male.
Unfortunately THIS logic is all too common- http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-03-19-why-publishers-refuse-games-such-as-remember-me-because-of-their-female-protagonists
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/the-womens-blog-with-jane-martinson/2013/jun/12/games-industry-problem-female-protagonists
"Craig Stern, founder of Chicago-based indie design studio Sinister Design, passionately agrees. In a recent, heartening blogpost, he wrote that 'the numbers don't lie. Women are every bit as much a part of the gaming ecosystem as men, and yet they receive only a small fraction of the leading roles. Is it any wonder that many women are upset? (I can assure the reader that men would not be happy in a world where male characters were constantly getting kidnapped or killed in games to set up the plot, and yet were actually heroes in only one out of every 30 titles.)'"
There are not enough modern games out there for the female gamers to really connect with. Too many new games are just over masculine leading males. It's time more games like Tomb Raider 2013 and Final Fantasy XIII were released.
For those who sign this, you are stating that you want more newly released games to feature playable female protagonists/leading characters.
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The More Female Heroines petition to Female Gamers; Microsoft; Sony was written by Kazi and is in the category Gaming at GoPetition.