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Nintendo Fans Have Dubbed 2024 the Year of the Princesses & They’re Absolutely Right

By Samantha Puc Jun 19th
‘Black Myth: Wukong’ Is One of 2024’s Most Anticipated Games—and One of the Most Controversial

By Michael Dawson Jun 19th
Game Giant Activision Blizzard Sued Over Sexual Harassment, Discrimination, With a “Pervasive Frat Boy Workplace Culture”

By Vivian Kane Jul 22nd
E3 Called Out for Retweeting an Article That Stereotypes Female Gamers

By Princess Weekes Aug 19th
Congratulations to The Gamer Girl Trailer for Being the Worst Thing on the Internet This Week

By Vivian Kane Jul 17th
Study Attempts to Figure Out How Sexualization in Video Games Impacts Women — Here We Go

By Princess Weekes Jul 29th
At 51 Years Old, Sonya Blade Still Kicks Ass—Even If Fanboys Can’t Appreciate It

By Princess Weekes Jan 22nd
Help Tell a Story That Needs to Be Told: Missing Explores the Cruel Realities of Human Trafficking in an RPG

By Jessica Lachenal Aug 29th
Everything You Knew About Catching Pokémon Was Wrong

By Dan Van Winkle Mar 23rd
We Need to Talk About the Brilliance of Telltale Games’ Catwoman

By Sam Riedel Nov 28th
Dishonored 2 Builds a Compelling World Where Lots of Cool Women Live, Which Somehow Still Isn’t the Norm

By Sam Riedel Nov 21st
Feminist Frequency’s New Video “Sinister Seductress” Explores How Femaleness is Exploited to Show Evil in Games

By Jessica Lachenal Sep 28th
Directionless on the Road to Independence: How VA-11 Hall-A’s Cyberpunk Dystopia Celebrates Complicated Women

By Ana Valens Sep 17th
Pixelthreads: How Inconsistent, Sexist Fashion Hurts Worldbuilding in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

By Sam Riedel Aug 14th
Final-ly Fed Up: Why Are Final Fantasy XV Fans So Anti-Woman?

By Sam Riedel Aug 11th
Feminist Frequency Tackles the Age-Old Question: “Are Women Too Hard to Animate?”

By Jessica Lachenal Jul 27th
Stereotype Threat & Gaming’s Gender Gap: Research Shows Women Players Are Equally Skilled

By Maddy Myers Jul 7th
Game Designer’s Solution to Lack of Black Game Developer Barbie Highlights Common Problem With Tech Feminism

By Jessica Lachenal Jun 22nd
Five Things They’ll Add to Legend of Zelda Before They Add a Playable Female Character

By Jessica Lachenal Jun 21st
Feminist Frequency’s Gender Breakdown of E3 2016 Shows How Disappointing Representation Was This Year

By Jessica Lachenal Jun 17th