Gender roles and video games: Or, why do guys play as girls all the time online?

Edit: My friend Jill wrote a passionate, well-thought out and well-written counterpoint to my blog post. Leigh Alexander is probably one of the more controversial video game journalists because she refuses to shelf her gender while writing about video games. It's what I find most interesting and admirable about her, since she speaks very frankly…

About one out of three men prefer playing female characters. Rethinking the importance of female protagonists in video games. - Quantic Foundry

About one out of three men prefer playing female characters. Rethinking the importance of female protagonists in video games. - Quantic Foundry

No girls allowed

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