The reading Hot Dates and Fairy-Tale Romances by Mia Consalvo is an article studying videogames sexuality issues and norms.
Introduction:
- The author made brief examples on videogames normalized heterosexuality and Fairy-Tale like romance
Body:
- Introduced a game, Final Fantasy IX
- Studied not only surface level
- Shows the game is over-normalized heterosexuality
- The game's main focus could break if the player's interest is different from the character
- Introduced The Sims
- Naming it as a radical case to stuy
- Could freely have relationship with both same or different sex
- Still norms like the default of characters is still middle-aged white man
Conclusion:
- Different theories could lead various understanding on a game
- Shows needs of studying a game on beyond the surface level
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Thanks Joe for the presentation today.
ReplyDeleteI agree with this reading that games can represent social norms. As the author suggests, the default of character is middle-aged while man in the game The Sims. The norms in the games are actually related to real life. However, I think people can be any character in games. For example, a male can play a female character. It is because, as the author mentions, the experience is "only a game".
It is a informative intorduction of the reading. Since it is true that there is a trend that male players would rather choose female virtual roles in the games as it requires the merging between male and female. Through this, the gendered boundary has been broken.
ReplyDeleteIt is a good and clear presentation. For me, playing games is only for fun and entertaining. I do not think about the issues on gender and sexuality in games. As I have played Sims, I could play different roles in it, such as a child, elder, male and female. Everyone could experience different life that you couldn’t in your real life. Through this presentation, I understand different games (even only one game) have different meanings for everyone.
ReplyDeleteAlso, I do appreciate you have your own opinions and disagreements with the values of Author wants to say. Thank you.