Metroid’s Samus Aran is a Transgender Woman. Deal With It. | The Mary Sue

There’s been a lot of talk lately about the lack of women protagonists in videogames. But our problems with diversity don’t stop there. As one article recently noted, shockingly, there have only been 14 playable black women in videogame history. Gamers who aren’t cisgender white men often find themselves lacking characters they can rally behind….

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No girls allowed | Polygon

Ending the Wild West The exceptions, the problem   First-person shooters, action games and sports games have been popular among boys ever since the early ’90s. In 2012, the three categories combined were responsible for 58.8 percent of video game sales in North America. They’re easily some of the most visible kinds of games, lining…

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Mad Max game review: wasted land | Polygon

Game Info Platform PS4, Xbox One, Win Publisher Warner Bros. Interactive Entertainment Developer Avalanche Studios Release Date 2015-09-01 ######## BEGIN SNIPPET ######## I’ve heard it said that the Mad Max films are less about Max as a conquering hero and more about a passive protagonist, someone who has no real control over his own fate,…

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