This episode examines how female sidekicks and companions in games are often designed to function as glorified gatekeepers, helpless burdens, and ego boosters, a pattern that works to reinforce oppressive notions about women as the ones in need of protection and men as the ones in control, who take action and do the protecting.
Genre:
Documentary, Talk
Year: 2017
Country:
United States of America
Release:
Language:English
Director:
Anita Sarkeesian
Cast:
Anita Sarkeesian
