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Veilex

(1,555 posts) Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:05 PM Mar 2015

Strong female characters

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Just one of the many reasons I love videogames!

"Video games have always been a little ahead of other media, socially.
Strong female rolls have long been considered commonplace in them... whereas other forms of media still fight for basic equal representation." - Graviti Entertainment developer

What are your favorite female characters?

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Strong female characters (Original Post) Veilex Mar 2015 OP

When my son was young, he told me I reminded him of the Pink Power Ranger uppityperson Mar 2015 #1

That's absolutely adorable! Veilex Mar 2015 #2

From video games mythology Mar 2015 #3

Thats pretty awesome! I like this one too Veilex Mar 2015 #4

Ellie. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #5

I have this game and can't get past justiceischeap Mar 2015 #6

I hear you on Mass Effect. NuclearDem Mar 2015 #9

The original Tomb Raider's Lara Croft. ScreamingMeemie Mar 2015 #7

This message was self-deleted by its author TexasProgresive Mar 2015 #8

"89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery." MisterP Mar 2015 #10

uppityperson

(115,677 posts)

1. When my son was young, he told me I reminded him of the Pink Power Ranger

Reply to Veilex (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:11 PM

Mar 2015

He told me I could do anything. I blinked, smiled, said thank you.

Veilex

(1,555 posts)

2. That's absolutely adorable!

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Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:17 PM

Mar 2015

mythology

(9,527 posts)

3. From video games

Reply to Veilex (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:24 PM

Mar 2015

Samus is my favorite.

But the coolest is no doubt the hack one dad did to make it so the lead character of one of the Zelda games were female, so that his daughter could play the game as herself.

Veilex

(1,555 posts)

4. Thats pretty awesome! I like this one too

Reply to mythology (Reply #3)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:33 PM

Mar 2015

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

5. Ellie.

Reply to Veilex (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:54 PM

Mar 2015

justiceischeap

(14,040 posts)

6. I have this game and can't get past

Reply to NuclearDem (Reply #5)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 02:58 PM

Mar 2015

the first skritcher or whatever they're called. I gave up...

Started playing Tomb Raider: The Definitive Edition. Lara Croft is a pretty strong character.
Plus any of the females in the Borderlands game series.
Oh and the females in Mass Effect.

NuclearDem

(16,184 posts)

9. I hear you on Mass Effect.

Reply to justiceischeap (Reply #6)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 03:08 PM

Mar 2015

FemShep, Ash, Tali, and Shadow Broker Liara are awesome.

ScreamingMeemie

(68,918 posts)

7. The original Tomb Raider's Lara Croft.

Reply to Veilex (Original post)

Mon Mar 30, 2015, 03:01 PM

Mar 2015

Admittedly, I'm not a huge gamer, but this game was incredible and something my husband and I would take turns playing with all the lights turned off and the entertainment center's speakers plugged into our PC. (Don't ask me about the time I panicked and saved my game right when Lara was falling off a cliff)

Incredibly strong female character, in my opinion.

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MisterP

(23,730 posts)

10. "89% of magic tricks are not magic. Technically, they are sorcery."

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Tue Mar 31, 2015, 12:36 AM

Mar 2015

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