Portal is probably the last major video game release that didn’t star a white, 18-35 year old white dude with short hair, stubble and a scowl. That game came out six years ago.

I don’t understand how people can get mad and confused when you point out that there’s not enough creativity or diversity in video games. Granted, there was definitely room for growth in the 80’s and 90’s, but we’ve fallen way behind since then. We used to have space pilot furries and master thieves. Dragons, bandicoots, hedgehogs and plumbers. Women who were archaeologists and bounty hunters.

So why are we still marketing games exclusively to fraternity douchebags? There’s no excuse for having such narrow goals in 2013.

THIS IS NOT OKAY.

I love playing a game as a badass chick.  Like I’ve said, I’d love to have a GTA game with a female protagonist.  

I think the graphic needs to clarify it means “NEW characters in video games,” because I was scratchin’ my head for a while wondering where this person thought Mario and Pikachu went.  Yeah, remember when games used to feature female archaeologists?  All the way back in March!

anyway that “late ’00s-now” guy in the upper left, that’s adam scott right

"Portal is probably the last major video game release that didn’t star a white, 18-35 year old white dude with short hair, stubble and a scowl."

Ever think maybe games with female and PoC protagonists would sell better if we stopped pretending they don’t exist?

It’s pretty easy to forget that POC and women exist in games, when we’re constantly barraged with the same pile of caucasion man-shaped sludge. 

That said, I like that new picture addition, and I hope more people reblog it.