TRIGGER WARNING: This video contains a handful of graphic scenes involving violence against men. Parents should preview the video first before sharing with young children.
This is the third in a series of videos exploring sexist tropes in video games. In this installment we look at "dark and edgy" side of the trope in more modern games and how the male damsel or "mansel" in distress plot device is often used in conjunction with graphic depictions of violence against men. Over the past decade we've seen developers try to spice up the old Damsel in Distress cliche by combining it with other tropes involving victimized men including the disposable man, the mercy killing and the man in the refrigerator.
126 TOTAL GAMES SHOWN IN THIS 3-PART MINI SERIES
61 GAMES SHOWN IN THIS EPISODE
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-- Video Clips --
Damsel In Distress: Tropes Vs Women in Video Games by Anita Sarkeesian
Anita Sarkeesian Admitted She Was Not A Gamer
Elisa Chavez - "#gamergate"
-- STATISTICS --
http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/crime-s...
https://www.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr...
-- GAME FOOTAGE --
The 3rd Birthday - AyaAnnyGaming
Aliens vs Predator - Machinima
Assassin’s Creed 2 - miskoL0L
Assassin’s Creed 4: Black Flag - Generic Gaming
Battlefield 4 - stillblazingtho
Bioshock 2 - ItsPapercut
Bioshock Infinite - MyGaming
Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 - GamerGraphix
Castlevania: Harmony of Dissonance - everett1911
Castlevania: Order of Ecclesia - ZSlyzer
Crisis Core: Final Fantasy VII - greyfoxx55
Dark Cloud 2 - Sephy
Darkness 2 (The) - ToyingWithGames
Dead Rising - drdrillvga
Dead Rising 3 - IULITM
Dead Space 2 - supatann
Deus Ex - chickenfingers991
Dragon Age II - Jayetty's DERPAGE Channel
Gears of War 3 - CinemaGrave, XpertThief
Gears of War Ultimate Edition - Gears of War (Official Page)
God of War 2 - OlympianDawn
God of War 3 - Legion4Hire
Grand Theft Auto IV - CarnageBackUp
Grand Theft Auto V - calloftreyarch
GUN - SecretYoungLink007
Halo Anniversary - Modest517
Heavenly Sword - IZUNIY
Killzone 2 - SMtv
Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep - WCamicase
Last of Us (The) - Video Games Source
Mafia 2 - lilgang1027
Mass Effect 3 - Denny Ayard
Max Payne 3 - Sly Shooter
Metal Gear Solid: Ground Zeroes - MusicVGames
Mortal Kombat X - DeeJayNFO
No More Heroes 2 - TheSw1tcher
Odin Sphere Extra - EmoPrinny
Phantasy Star - World of Longplays
Postal 2: Paradise Lost - CraftyApe
Prototype 2 - Twin BlackFire
Quake 4 - subinbar
Rage - Goretasticdotcom
Red Dead Redemption - MARVELMASTER
Resident Evil Code: Veronica - WatchMeBeibeh
Resident Evil 3: Nemesis - GreenLizard21
Resistance 2 - THEBES86
Ryse: Son of Rome - Xbox One Video Games Source, theRadBrad
Saints Row 2 - Ev Religioso
Saints Row 4 - CommunityGame
Saw II: Flesh and Blood - AnAddictedGamer
Silent Hill 3 - Auxiliatrixie
Sniper Elite 3 - MasterOv - Agar.io
Spec Ops: The Line - Video Game Moments
Sleeping Dogs Definitive Edition - James Mate
Syphon Filter: Logan’s Shadow - shockwave981
Tomb Raider - Planet Lara
Tomb Raider: Angel of Darkness - LaraCroft MP
Walking Dead (The) - Doshra
Warhammer 40K - kakoroto
Witcher 3: Wild Hunt (The) - Best Gaming Scenes, GamerForEternity
Wolfenstein: The New Order - DLCentral
-- Music --
Equilibrium: Aufbruch
30 Seconds to Mars: A Beautiful Lie
70's Porn Music - Doctor Sex Funk