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  VIDEOGAMES FINAL INDEX: Henry Jenkins: Fandom The Sims Freeplay: Language & Representations The Sims Freeplay: Audience and Industries Women in videogames & further feminist theory OSP Assessment LR Horizon Forbidden West: Language & Representation Horizon Forbidden West: Audience & Industries

  HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST: AUDIENCE AND INDUSTRIES: Audience Look at  this YouGov blog on the console gaming audience  and answer the following questions: What statistics can you find for the number of male / female players for the major consoles? From a demographic perspective, every platform’s audience skews towards men. PlayStation 5 (68% male; 29% female) and Xbox Series X|S (68% vs. 32%) have the highest proportion of male compared to female game rs. What is the difference between 'hardcore' and 'casual' gamers - and which do you think would play Horizon Forbidden West? the “hardcore” – those who say they take video games seriously, or play competitively – are a minority, and one with the highest representation on the PS5 (19%) and Xbox Series X|S (20%). Casual gamers are most common on the Nintendo Switch (45%), and the PC, where half of players identify as casual (51%).  I think Horizon Forbidden Forbidden West is a casual game What are the different reasons YouGo

  HORIZON FORBIDDEN WEST: LANGUAGE AND REPRESENTATION: Language Introduction Read  this review of Horizon Forbidden West in the Financial Times  (should be non-paywalled but you can  read the text of article here if needed ). Answer the following questions: Why does Guerrilla Games have 'a serious case of bad timing'?  2017 open-world role-playing game Horizon Zero Dawn than it was overshadowed by Zelda: Breath of the Wild, which launched a week later and turned out to be an all-time gaming great. Now just as it delivers an excellent sequel, Horizon Forbidden West, another phenomenon arrives on its heels to suck away all the oxygen, Elden Ring. Poor Guerrilla, a team of superb developers with a serious case of bad timing.  What is the narrative for the original game Horizon Zero Dawn?  The games take place a thousand years after rampaging machines have wiped out most of humanity. Survivors have clustered into tribal communities who view relics of technology as objects of either

  WOMEN IN VIDEOGAMES & FURTHER FEMINIST THEORY: Part 1: Reading - Is Female Representation in Video Games Finally Changing? Read  this short Medium feature on whether female representation in videogames is finally changing . Answer the following questions: How have women traditionally been represented in videogames and w hat percentage of the video game audience is female? women are typically either objectified or “damsels in distress” in many major video games, like the iconic Lara Craft to Princess Peach in the  Mario  franchise.  42% of the video game demographic is female, indicating that times have changed. Thus, video games cannot survive by solely targeting the male audience. What recent games have signalled a change in the industry and what qualities do the female protagonists offer? Recent popular games like  Tomb Raider, Horizon: Zero Dawn, Uncharted: The Lost Legacy, The Last of Us, Dragon Age: Inquisition,  and  The Walking Dead  series have female protagonists, co-pro