Can Women Be Video Game Enemies En Masse?

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Can Women Be Video Game Enemies En Masse?

Added: 14.01.2014 0:40 | 5 views | 0 comments

The under-representation of women as video game protagonists and video game developers has been a topic of gender-based editorials and debates for decades, but what about the under-representation of women as video game antagonists and villains? For sure, the examples of female enemies are numerous, what with succubi, vixens, witches, and female assassins. So the question becomes whether women can ever be used as the default enemy and have men be the exception to the rule? Or is this a case where there is a subtle but important difference between killing a man and killing a women in games?