Sophistimicated Gaming

With more and more women playing video games we thought it would be interesting to have a chat about how women are being portrayed as characters in games.   Games mentioned in this episode: Metroid series Tomb Raider series Dead or Alive series Mass Effect series Conker's Bad Fur Day Perfect Dark Metal Gear series Halo series Assassin's Creed The Witcher Bayonetta 1&2   Other stuff we mentioned: #where'srey Beyonce Evangeline Lilly sticking it to the man The Bechdel Test Our image this week can be found here. Our soundtrack and other music by Parkerman can be found here.   Struggling to subscribe? Try pasting this link into your podcast player: http://www.omnycontent.com/d/playlist/e456d310-8c5a-434a-abd0-a52c005ed4cd/e4256728-9cee-483c-b5a9-a52f005db869/798d526e-85e8-4316-9ba2-a52f005defb7/podcast.rss