Film and Digital Media Professor Soraya Murray was recently quoted in the New York Times. In the article, Prof. Murray discusses how the industry is moving towards a more diverse-leaning landscape in modern video games in the face of critics claiming that female characters in video games are becoming “defeminized.”
“Those with vitriol against how games have been forced to reconcile with the more sophisticated expectations of players have a platform for grievances and angst that games aren’t exclusively about them anymore”
Prof. Soraya Murray, “Gaming’s Uneven Progress Toward Diverse Female Figures” New York Times, Oct. 19, 2024.