Playing Nice: the Limitations and Stereotypes Placed on Female Hero Representation in Video Games
This thesis provides an investigation of how gender stereotypes affect the narrative, mechanics, and experience of three different console based video games (Venetica, WET, and Velvet Assassin) with female protagonist. Each game is addressed within separate case study chapters and discusses how gend...
Main Author: | Cisneros, Linet L. |
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Other Authors: | Larke-Walsh, George |
Format: | Others |
Language: | English |
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University of North Texas
2014
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Online Access: | https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc500096/ |
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