sexism
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The ArenaNet Catastrophe Has The Whole Game Industry Rethinking Harassment Policies
142One week ago, two Guild Wars 2 narrative designers, Jessica Price and Peter Fries, were fired after Price called out a player of the game on Twitter, prompting widespread backlash. Since then, mobs have tried to employ similar tactics against more women, and game development studios have had to take a hard look at their…
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Women Earn Significantly Less Money Than Men At Rockstar North, Among Other Gaming Companies
Image: Rockstar Games (Grand Theft Auto V) A number of gaming companies in the UK employ women in roles which, on average, pay less than the ones their male colleagues are in according to a new UK government database. At Grand Theft Auto makers Rockstar North, the gap is particularly large.
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In Super Mario Odyssey Gaming’s Original Damsel In Distress Might Finally Get Her Due
Over three decades ago she was stuck sitting atop steel beams waiting for “the plumber” to rescue her, but in 2017, Pauline has risen to the highest public office of New Donk City, the fictional urban backdrop for Super Mario Odyssey.
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One Father’s Issue With Peach Getting Kidnapped In Super Mario Run
Super Mario Run, Nintendo’s first mobile game, follows the standard Mario formula: Princess Peach gets kidnapped right away, and it’s up to Mario to save her. It’s for this reason that Chris Suellentrop doesn’t want his daughter to play it, as he wrote in an Op-Ed for The New York Times, saying, “the game is…