Our presentation topic is “Self.org II: Playing Games, Sim(ulating) Worlds & Having Divine Powers! Our content is base on Mia Consalvo’s reading “Hot Dates and Fairy-Tale Romances: Studying Sexuality in Video Games.” The reading told us heterosexuality is not only a norm is our real world, the concept of heterosexuality and patriarchy is also reinforced in the video games.
As Mia said, the representation of the female character is being stereotyped and there is a presumption of heterosexual desires. The female character, like the princess, is always shown as submissive and need the protection from the hero. The reason of creating a erotica triangle is further explain.
We agree the point of Mia and we have provided two examples, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Ayanami Ikusei Keikaku and the Sims to support his arguments – heterosexuality is normalized and presented as a “regular" part of life.
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Actually, I seldom play video games. But I knew more after your presentation. It is interesting that we can have a discussion on the issue of heterosexuality in playing video game. The concept of ‘game’ which is analyzed by Mia Consalvo provides another aspect for me to understand video games. I think many game players ignore that heterosexuality portrayed as norm in video games. It may because heterosexuality is normalized in our society. We are easily to accept this ideology no matter in playing the video games or our daily life.
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