Men and Women In Gaming: My Protagonist Problem

Austin Flynn writes: "There's been much discussion across the internet recently about male privilege in video games. Men don't have to worry about discrimination based on their sex, they're never sexually harassed online by the opposite gender because of the way their voice sounds and the validity of their 'gaming cred' is never on the line because of the chromosomes that make them who they are.

One huge negative to this male-oriented world is the over-abundance of male protagonists that fill the role of main 'good guy': the person the spotlight is almost always on and, more importantly, the character that players will spend a vast majority of their time controlling and connecting with."