'Fed up with fantasies for male teenagers': fixing the depiction of women in games
by Clarissa Sebag-Montefiore from Technology | The Guardian on (#31A4R)
Developers and video artists are beginning to break down cliche and sexist gender stereotypes to explore new ideas and storylines
When Nicole Stark set about writing a new video game, she took inspiration from an unusual subject: her autistic teenage daughter who was battling bullies.
"I was fed up with power fantasies for male teenagers," says Stark, one half of Noosa-based family studio Disparity Games. "We wanted something different."
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