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Do Video Games Designed for Training Still Preference the
Male Model?
• Lee Brasseur
• Illinois State University
• Normal IL
Food Force
• Designed by the United Nations
• Free on the Internet
• Teaches users about real world methods of addressing problems of hunger in the world
Criteria for Gender-Friendly Game
1. Can players assume their own roles instead of assuming the role of ready-made characters? (Graner-Ray)
2. If a female avatar is used, is she portrayed in non-sexualized ways? (Graner-Ray)
Food Force Introduction
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Gender-Friendly Criteria
3. Does the conflict style offer alternative indirect methods as well as direct conflict methods? If there is violence, is there a reason for it? (Graner-Ray)
Gender-Friendly Criteria
5. Are female character’s sexual characteristics exaggerated or are female characters depicted as objects to be retrieved or rescued or other stereotypical roles? (Graner Ray)
Gender Friendly Criteria
7. Does it offer opportunities to create avatars? (Jen Sun)
8. Is it a multiplayer game? (Jen Sun)
Gender-Friendly Game Criteria
9. Does it provide an opportunity to explore? (Constance Steinkuehler, University of Wisconsin-Madison)