DiamondLobby is a gaming site that covers multi-player computer games with helping readers become better players in mind. But, could the games themselves be better?
Citing data from Statista, DiamondLobby notes that only 18% of games in 2020 had female protagonists.
Rule 63 states that where there’s a male character, the internet can reimagine them a female character (or vice versa), so DiamondLobby did just that.
Captain Price
From Call of Duty’s Modern Warfare.
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Michelle De Santa
From GTA V.
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DiamondLobby worked with artist Hossein Kalantari and created designs to encourage diversity and to promote non-sexualised female characters.
Brittney Lin, the brains behind the piece, noted;
Whilst male characters in games can often look rough and rugged, female characters are almost exclusively used as eye candy to please a predominantly male audience.”
Alex Hunter
From FIFA 21.
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Madam Chief
From Halo.
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Brittney added,
We wanted to show that female characters can look great without being hyper-sexualized, and this is demonstrated no better than with our Master Chief redesign — that we dubbed ‘Madam Chief’ — who looks almost identical to her male counterpart. “
It only takes a quick Google search to see that when most people think of a female version of Master Chief, they think breasts, legs and more. But why? Master Chief wears full body armor. Whether you’re a man or a woman, if you’re wearing full body armor you’re going to look pretty similar on the outside.”
Eva da Firenze
From Assassin’s Creed.
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Marcia Fenix
From Gears of War.
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Luke Roberts, founder of DiamondLobby commented,
Whilst this content is relatively lighthearted and easy to digest, it also highlights deep-rooted issues within gaming (and tech in general) and aims to encourage greater diversity both directly and subconsciously as the industry moves forward in the future.”
Jenny Silverhand
From Cyberpunk.
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