Title: How Inclusive Storytelling and Character Design can Promote a More Diverse and Equal Environment in Video Games
Key words: Representation in Video Games – Storytelling – Character Design – Gender Roles
Introduction:
Over the past decades, there has been a tendency to portray women in video games as a supporting character rather than the protagonists of their own story and not only are they prone to be oversexualized but also underrepresented.
In this context, the aim of this research it to analyze to what extent inclusive storytelling and character design can have an impact on the perception of gender roles and how they can be used to create a more diverse and equal environment. For this purpose, the main focus will be on the video game sequel Last of Us which had a controversial impact when it comes to reinforcing gender stereotypes.
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