In part four of this series, I am going to explore what kind of impact society has on video games themselves.  The most obvious and recent thing we’ve seen in entertainment diversity, is the movie, Black Panther.  While this might seem like an obvious choice, I think it needs to be discussed.  For many, many…

In part three of this series, I want to talk about stereotypes in gaming.  The famous actor, Forest Whitaker once said that “stereotypes do exist, but we have to walk through them”.  These words are extremely powerful and should be considered as we talk about the stereotypical characters found in video games.  To start, some stereotypes…

In part two of this series, I want to consider why developers don’t make video games more diverse? Maybe the answer is in the fact that the gaming industry itself isn’t diverse?  Here are some statistics from the International Game Developers Association.  They surveyed 983 people in the industry and the results might shock you.…