Is There Enough Diversity In Today's Video Games?
HWM Singapore|October 2020
What's the first image that comes to mind when someone starts talking about "soldiers" in a video game context? Is it a buff, gaunt dude holding a rifle, or something along those lines? Well, nobody would blame you for thinking so, it's just how the concept of a "soldier" is usually represented in popular culture.
- Kenneth Ang & Tim Augustin
Is There Enough Diversity In Today's Video Games?

But if you think about it, the term video game soldier could just as easily apply to a lady like Mortal Kombat's Sonya Blade as it would to Captain John Price from Modern Warfare. After all, female soldiers aren't exactly a new concept - we've got courageous women serving in many countries' armed forces even today.

Regardless, the crux of it is representation, and in recent years, many forms of media content, from television shows to movies, plays, books, and especially video games have become increasingly open to portraying various perspectives. Whether it's in terms of gender, sexuality or racial diversity, there's no doubt that we're seeing a more varied cast of characters today in our games as compared to say, twenty years ago.

THE GAMES WE THINK ACED THE TEST

To be honest, we could spend all day rattling off a list of great games that feature very little diversity in race, gender and culture...but talking about the opposite is much more entertaining.

We'll be looking at two things here: playable characters and how often they depart from the ‘brooding white male protagonist’ category, as well as game setting, where we'll examine how much diversity it affords. The latter is especially crucial to games such as Assassin’s Creed: Origins - it'd probably feel a lot blander and more whitewashed without people of color to fill out the amazing story Ubisoft whipped up.

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