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Analysis On Representation

Many diverse groups are represented in current games, it’s widely spread showing more cultures. It shows that the more video game industry’s build more realistic experiences that bring players together and find their group, making them want to play more games. To make it happen the gaming industry must be more inclusive. Nowadays, representation is key to drawing in new players. Whether it be having a representation of LGBTQ+, women, and diverse groups. It will make either player more likely to lose themself in the game story. When playing a game and you relate to them it immerses the deepest level of sympathy. As players play the game for however long, they effectively become the character they follow throughout the story. In the process of making a good, interesting story, they need to add females to video games as well. Many females do play games but there is a lack of representation the correct way. “In 2016, a study of 571 games released between 1984 and 2014 found that the sexualization of female characters was at its height between 1990 and 2005.” There is a lot of games that sexualize women it’s simply to help the market video games to males. All the claims of over-sexualizing women in games were declined a lot as the years went on. Lara croft is the prime example, her original short shorts, and tight crop tops. At the time of the game making the gender divide behind the scenes was very noticeable. In 1996 only three percent of video game developers were women at the time this game was made. While thirty percent of the industry workforce who are females was in low-ranking positions to have any say in the game. There have been very dominant masculine males to choose from in-game has been a toxic trait in games.

 A game industry that does a good job at a full representation in games is Respawn Entertainment. They give representation to characters who are rarely portraited in a positive light. The majority of the character (called legends in the game) are people of color or people that aren’t represented a lot. Especially addy LGBTQ+ legends and working it to their story. It is like fresh air when playing Apex legends. There are mixed legends, openly gay, black, and Asian. For example, Bangalore is a badass soldier with swag, and there is Lifeline the all-time favorite combat medic. They added another diversity to the game, Loba the Spanish queen of revenge, with good intention though. More representation of LGBTQ+ is all over apex legends, Bloodhound is non-binary, even his voice is robotic, also never see his face because his character design is a hunter with a mask. Moving on to Gibraltar who is a non-scripted pacific islander, but many fans say he can either be of Samoan, Polynesian, or Maori descent. He is also ironically gay, more representation. In the newer seasons, the legend Seer is a black male that represents the pansexual in the game. Apex legends have become a platform for the LGBTQ+ community to feel included in games.