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Twitter vs Female Protagonists in Video Games

Thanks #XboxOne #E3 press conference for revealing to us exactly zero games featuring a female protagonist for the next generation.

— Feminist Frequency (@femfreq)

June 10, 2013

Above is a tweet I made this afternoon in reaction to the fact that none of the games presented at Microsoft’s Xbox One E3 press conference featured female protagonists. Below are some of the Twitter replies to that observation which exemplify the male privilege and male entitlement endemic in the gaming community today. This is also a window into what it’s like to be a female video game critic on twitter.

kryptonians

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This is why no matter how much I love my partner and want to do things that he loves, I will never be a gamer with him. Witnessed and experienced too much of this shit.

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I was actually EXCITED the first time I played a Pokemon game with a female playable character. I was so sick of having to name my guy characters with girl names to feel slightly more included.

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roseclear replied to your post: My girlfriend gets a perverse thrill out of Arin…

I can’t even feel sorry for how much I enjoy it. I think it’s coming…

Nikki bathes in Arin Hanson’s tears, everybody. It gives her eternal youth.

roseclear

sorry-not-sorry

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Okay, I have to introduce both to TOBUSCUS. Like, for realz.

bonestructureandcontempt

Is that a Minecraft thing? >___>

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He does all sorts of stuff. I actually don't watch his Minecraft videos. They're not as fun as his other stuff.

I really like his Happy Wheels videos.

Here! This is his latest!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6MB8U32yIc

Tobuscus is adorable. And hysterical.

#roseclear #thesuperioroas

sashaalexanderisalesbianatheart

I love these. Me - Time. Misty - Love.

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In order:

Love

Freedom

Intelligence

geisha-kai

maiko Yaemi and geiko Fukuhina (SOURCE)

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roseclear replied to your post: My girlfriend gets a perverse thrill out of Arin…

I can’t even feel sorry for how much I enjoy it. I think it’s coming…

Nikki bathes in Arin Hanson’s tears, everybody. It gives her eternal youth.

roseclear

sorry-not-sorry

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Okay, I have to introduce both to TOBUSCUS. Like, for realz.

#roseclear #thesuperioroas

stupih

why the fuck do people get annoyed when everyone is excited about something I think it’s the cutest thing ever I love when so many people on my dash are rejoicing

its-jolls

SERIOUSLY I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE GET EXCITING

I’M GETTING EXCITED ABOUT ALL THESE PEOPLE GETTING EXCITED

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Can you imagine what the 9thers would have been like if we'd been on tumblr back in the day?

We'd be as bad as the Sherlock fans!

strangelykatie

twoguyswithhearteyes

stealingfirefromprometheus:

Can I just reblog this again because this is beautiful.

#paper stars

nostalgicidiot

a vulnerable side she keeps well hidden.

wibblywobblydonotblink-deactiva

roar-ing20s

Yin Yang by *moni158

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oh god i’m helping my friend with ideas for her wedding and she just told me it’s a fantasy game of thrones wedding and the main color for the theme is red. i just started laughing so hard, and told her she’s just not allowed to play the rains of castamere.

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damnzombiesgetoffmylawn replied to your post: Home from the doctor and the pharmacy. Time to...

Like magic. You might feel sick for the first few days. Take it on a fed stomach to help reduce that.

Thanks! I think I'm just going to take it in the morning when I take my other medicines. That way, it's always at the same time. I will have an alarm for it and everything.