Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?
description
Transcript of Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?
![Page 1: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/1.jpg)
Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the
Male Model?
• Lee Brasseur• Illinois State University
• Normal IL
![Page 2: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/2.jpg)
Microsoft’s Rise of Nations Game: Sample Characters
![Page 3: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/3.jpg)
Deus Ex Invisible War
![Page 4: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/4.jpg)
Game Show Training Game
![Page 5: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/5.jpg)
Food Force
• Designed by the United Nations• Free on the Internet• Teaches users about real world
methods of addressing problems of hunger in the world
![Page 6: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/6.jpg)
Sheri Graner Ray
![Page 7: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/7.jpg)
Criteria for Gender-Friendly Game
1. Can players assume their own roles instead of assuming the role of ready-made characters? (Graner-Ray)
2. If a female avatar is used, is she portrayed in non-sexualized ways? (Graner-Ray)
![Page 8: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/8.jpg)
Food Force Introduction
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video 3 decompressorare needed to see this picture.
![Page 9: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/9.jpg)
Gender-Friendly Criteria
3. Does the conflict style offer alternative indirect methods as well as direct conflict methods? If there is violence, is there a reason for it? (Graner-Ray)
![Page 10: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/10.jpg)
Missions
![Page 11: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/11.jpg)
Negotiation Scenario
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video 3 decompressorare needed to see this picture.
![Page 12: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/12.jpg)
Gender-Friendly Criteria
4. Does the game offer an emotional tie-in or social aspects? (Graner Ray)
![Page 13: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/13.jpg)
Applying Lessons from Food Force
![Page 14: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/14.jpg)
Gender-Friendly Criteria
5. Are female character’s sexual characteristics exaggerated or are female characters depicted as objects to be retrieved or rescued or other stereotypical roles? (Graner Ray)
![Page 15: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/15.jpg)
Food Force Character: Miles
![Page 16: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/16.jpg)
Food Force Character: Carlos
![Page 17: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/17.jpg)
Food Force Briefing
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video 3 decompressorare needed to see this picture.
![Page 18: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/18.jpg)
Food Force Character: Joe
![Page 19: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/19.jpg)
Food Force Character: Angela
![Page 20: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/20.jpg)
Angela talking to user
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video 3 decompressorare needed to see this picture.
![Page 21: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/21.jpg)
Food Force Character: Rachel
![Page 22: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/22.jpg)
Rachel in conversation
QuickTime™ and aSorenson Video 3 decompressorare needed to see this picture.
![Page 23: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/23.jpg)
Jen SunWhyville.Net
![Page 24: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/24.jpg)
Gender Friendly Criteria
6. Is it multiplayer and competitive?
![Page 25: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/25.jpg)
Gender-Friendly Criteria
7. Does it have elements of personification? (Jen Sun)
![Page 26: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/26.jpg)
Gender Friendly Criteria
7. Does it offer opportunities to create avatars? (Jen Sun)
8. Is it a multiplayer game? (Jen Sun)
![Page 27: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/27.jpg)
Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-
Madison
![Page 28: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/28.jpg)
Gender-Friendly Game Criteria
9. Does it provide an opportunity to explore? (Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison)
![Page 29: Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the Male Model?](https://reader035.fdocuments.us/reader035/viewer/2022062810/56815d04550346895dcb0449/html5/thumbnails/29.jpg)
What conclusions can we reach?