A former student:
Although it’s cool… what I noticed:
First recognizable female character: 1:16
And a lot more females are doing things for (or at least with) guys than the other way around.
And of course a shit ton of white people
We’re workin… we’re workin..
but i did love how beautifully beasts of the southern wild works
And a new friend:
Still, considering that the world of gaming, in particular online gaming, tends so notably toward misogynist putdowns and homophobic slurs, Wreck-It Ralph offers a refreshingly gender-balanced look at video-game fandom. There’s a young female arcadegoer who tries her hand at the game Hero’s Duty, a first-person shooter game. She then tries to play a “girl’s game,” the aforementioned Sugar Rush, and is dismissed by two boys that they’re staying on to play each different racer in the game (boys playing a candy-coated racing game? Kind of awesome). She then moves on to our main game, Fix-It Felix Jr., and makes the pivotal discovery that Ralph's gone AWOL. I know it’s a small thing to notice, but female figures occupy such a contested place in gaming worlds that situating a young girl as a key player feels significant.
