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This semester's video project covers gender Assumptions in gaming. It covers discrimination and harassment in online games, boy games vs girl games and a feature on Nintendo's Metroid.

The sources I used for this video's information is from-
Douglas Hartmann and Christopher Uggen (2016). Assigned: Life with Gender – People are too sensitive pages 172-173

Howard Lincoln (Dec 1991) – Nintendo Power Metroid II- Return of Samus pages 52-61

Anita Sarkeesian and Carolyn Petit (2019). WIRED Female Representation in Videogames isn’t getting any better
https://www.wired.com/story/e3-2019-female-representation-videogames/

Keza MacDonald (2020). The Guardian -Is the Video Games Industry Finally Reckoning with Sexism?
https://www.theguardian.com/games/2020/jul/22/is-the-video-games-industry-finally-reckoning-with-sexism

Taylor Lorenz and Kellen Browning (2020). The New York Times - Dozens of Women in Gaming Speak Out About Sexism and Harassment
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/23/style/women-gaming-streaming-harassment-sexism-twitch.html

Nick Yee (Jan 2017) Quantic Foundry Breaking Down the Percentage of Female Gamers by Genre
https://quanticfoundry.com/2017/01/19/female-gamers-by-genre/