Basic Info
First Air: March 07, 2013
Rating: ⭐ 2.8/10 (4 votes)
Status: Ended
Seasons & Episodes
Seasons: 2
Episodes: 18
Last Episode
Name: The Lady Sidekick
Season: 2, Episode: 8
Air Date: 2017-04-27
This episode examines how female sidekicks and companions in games are often designed to function as glorified gatekeepers, helpless burdens, and ego boosters, a pattern that works to reinforce oppressive notions about women as the ones in need of protection and men as the ones in control, who take action and do the protecting.
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
2013
2 seasons
18 episodes
⭐ 2.8/10
4 votes
Overview
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games aims to examine limiting, sexist patterns associated with female representations in games, and to illuminate how these patterns reinforce and perpetuate harmful attitudes about women in our culture.
Genres
Documentary
Talk
Production Countries
- United States of America
Spoken Languages
- English en
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Cast
Anita Sarkeesian
Self
Crew
Posters
