Survey
Gender Male Female Age 13-19 20-29 30-39 40-49 50+ Patterns may emerge between character preferences and gender or age. How often do you...
Console gender inequality
Scimeca, D, 2013. The gender inequality in core gaming is worse than you think. Venturebeat (online) Available at:...
Secondary Research Findings
http://storytellingforgames.com/html/SupplementalMaterial.html Research conducted by Josiah Lebowitz 2009 (author of Interactive...
The trouble with writing believable female videogame characters
Female characters in videogames. Can’t think of any? If so, what is wrong with you? There are loads, and there have been for ages. That’s...
Why characters are the heart of your novel
Why is character so important? Isn't plot enough? A story certainly needs a plot. We have to feel the characters will do something...
Indie videogames are taking it to the next level of story design
This week’s Game Developers Choice Awards at the Game Developers Conference(GDC) in San Francisco saw some of the usual big hitters win,...
Character is more important in video games than we think
(many typos...) One of the first games I noticed this in was the main character from The Last Of Us. When this was released it was the...
Don't force female characters into video games for the heck of it
I hate myself. That's the only explanation I have for why I, a white male, would tackle the subject of playable female characters in...
Why do we play video games?
The bastion of video games -- the game console -- should be dead. Or at least dying. Analysts have been saying this for some time. After...
Role Models
Role playing games, not as socially acceptable as an xbox... but video games essentially follow the same principles - you play a role....
