Thinking about representations across video games, not much came to mind. I don’t really play video games and on the rare occasion that I do, I like to stick to racing games where I embarrassingly enough don’t know what buttons on the control do, and spend most of the time spinning out of control in the wrong direction ( no judgement). What I do remember from my younger years as kid watching all the boys hog the TV, was the fact that they never wanted to let the girls play. It would take a lot of begging for a turn and when they did let us play, it would be one round only and then back to the boys, because “they knew what they were doing”. Thinking back on those moments I realized that the idea of a “boys only” world within video games is something that is programmed into our minds from a young age. Early on gender associations are assigned and video games become something off limits for girls, and on the occasion that they do play well it is never better than the boys.

As the demographic of players get older, and females who stuck to playing despite the already biased idea of a boys only zone try to find female characters that do not embody a stereotypical weak representation, it becomes something hard to come across compared to male characters. Going through the articles it was interesting to read that in the Williams piece the most common portrayal for females and characters was the complete absence of females within games, and when represented they are often oversexualized and victimized. This idea of the absence of female characters resonated as well with the claim made that the absence of images in media, creates certain impressions on readers. If they do not see themselves represented they begin to reflect those same ideas within society.  If females or minorities for that fact do not see themselves in the very games they play, then the idea of becoming game creators or engaging in math and computer skills to get there becomes a far fetched impossible concept. This further aids in continuing the lack of diversity in games because those who represent the very concept daily in the world, are rendered invisible by the gaming community.