Google+ ALT : ernative: Iron  Wednesday, June 11, 2014
Occasionally, I like to talk about things that affect me as a
gamer. Notice the words I used there.  There's been quite a bit
of noise today about some press from Ubisoft concerning the lack
of a female protagonist in the upcoming Assassins Creed: Unity
title. There also appears to be some disquiet over Lara Croft's
treatment in the upcoming 'Birth of a Tomb Raider' game that
sees her being treated for PTSD in the game's trailer. I got
rather cross at the former this morning, but it is probably the
latter that bothers me more. Using trauma as a plot device is
nothing new, but there seems to be some objection towards this
being an iconic woman in therapy. Seeing how the process was
used in the Trailer made me more unhappy than the lack of a
woman in Unity, if I'm honest. As a writer, these are subjects I
am exploring myself, and have been for some years. Watching how
other people use them as tools to sell games is, therefore, very
interesting indeed.  So