Why Does Feminism in Gaming Matter?
A feminist review of popular PS4 titles
This is the first article in a series of feminist gaming reviews of major PS4 story-based games.
Games are one of my favorite artistic mediums. You get to experience a world outside your own, to move, make decisions, fight for your ‘life’, and make new friends. And yet, I hesitate to call myself a gamer girl. There’s a lot of baggage with that term, and the social expectation of gaming to be a defining feature of that girl’s life. Unlike a gamer boy, who is just called, well, a ‘gamer’.
So I decided to tackle this sticky issue with some of my favorite games to see how well they represent and treat women throughout the narrative. Each game review will be forthcoming, starting with The Last of Us: Part II.
PS4 Exclusives Feminist Reviews
I’m looking forward to experiencing the new Playstation 5 games and features like everyone else, but I’d like to take the time to look at the major PS4 Exclusives we’ve been enjoying for a while now. Playstation has made a name for itself in character-driven narrative games. The Last of Us (Part 1, PS3) stunned gamers with its heart-wrenching narrative and well-developed characters, and they’ve run with the precedent they’ve set for this generation of PS4 games as…
