Tag: gender

  • Nier: Automata’s Refreshing Take on Gender

    Nier: Automata’s Refreshing Take on Gender

    Sci-fi and fantasy have long explored topics related to the borders of consciousness, of technological beings that almost breach the threshold of humanity. These genres beg of us to ask: what makes us human? What is the purpose of life? These are the riveting philosophical questions at the heart of Nier: Automata. These aren’t the…

  • Gender Representation at the Game Developers Choice & IGF Awards

    Gender Representation at the Game Developers Choice & IGF Awards

    Diversity can’t just be a numbers game, and certainly isn’t limited to gender, but having facts and figures can be crucial to addressing further examinations. How, then, has gender representation in the games nominated for the Game Developers Choice Awards and the Independent Games Festival awards changed numerically since their inception – and how do they…