Where are all the Moms in Video Games? | Cannot be Tamed

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Published on May 24, 2018 3:21:13 PM ● Video Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgIzkGiYdJc

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Dragon Age: Origins (2009)

Duration: 22:13

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With the recent release of God of War I got to thinking about how many recent mainstream games have had you playing a father figure... and how few games let you play a as mother. I go over a few examples of playable mothers, then expand the scope out to non-playable mother characters and the categories they tend to fall into.

Warning: If you're fussy about character spoilers, I talk about the fates of mothers in about 40 different games in this video (the fate is usually that they're dead). If this will cause you to exclaim "Ah! Spoilers! You're the worst!" maybe skip this one. I don't think I've given away anything too shocking or unexpected though.

Thanks to my friend Musty Hobbit from Second Breakfast (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-IZqQ3D8QxLrfL0f9TzCNw) for script review and fact-checking and my friend Sara for script editing.

I borrowed footage for a number of the games shown in this video, including:
Bioshock 1
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HvOqpigTwo&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CDLCplWkrzM
Bioshock Infinite
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hB8tUKDbYd8
Dishonored 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O7OtQ583y-w
Dragon Age Origins
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMH7sH8hpGU&t
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dWGkCQNKmyc
Dragon Age 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y5OCJhvsIbo&t
Earthbound
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9EGWUQjrZYM&t
Fallout 4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsOY-W4__6M&t
God of War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4k69Gp_X9Cg&t
Horizon Zero Dawn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SYYmeE3l3fE&t
Mass Effect 2
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QCzJKIyv4mM
Pokemon Sun
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMuGokOup3g&
Resident Evil 7
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7GBOb5ntfk&t
The Walking Dead
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y8aVAfO8jjQ&t
Yakuza 6
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pemsv96vX28

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