Damsel in Distress: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games

This video explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered clichés in the history of gaming and why the trope has been core to the popularization and development of the medium itself. As a trope the Damsel in Distress is a plot device in which a female character is placed in a perilous situation from which she cannot escape on her own and must then be rescued by a male character, usually providing a core incentive or motivation for the protagonist’s quest. Watch Damsel in Distress Part 2: Watch Damsel in Distress Part 3: Links and full transcript available at: 183 TOTAL GAMES SHOWN IN THE 3 PART MINI-SIRES 64 GAMES REFERENCED IN THIS EPISODE: Those with spoilers are marked with an asterisk (*) Dinosaur Planet (circa 2000) Star Fox Adventures (2002) Donkey Kong (1981) Sheriff (1979) Yume Kojo: Doki Doki Panic (1987) Super Mario Bros. 2 (1988) New Supe