Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)

Name: Tropes vs. Women in Video Games
Genre: Documentary
Rating: 1.8
Cast: Anita Sarkeesian

Documentary

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games aims to examine limiting, sexist patterns associated with female representations in games, and to illuminate how these patterns reinforce and perpetuate harmful attitudes about women in our culture.

IMDb rating: 1.8 (1,100 votes)
Seasons: 2
Language: EN
Type: TV series

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Cast

Anita Sarkeesian Self

Seasons

Season 1 (2013)

1.65 avg 10 episodes 1.8 → 1.3 22 min avg

Season 1 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Damsel in Distress: Part 1	1.8	142
2	Damsel in Distress: Part 2	1.8	132
3	Damsel in Distress: Part 3	1.8	127
4	Ms. Male Character	2.1	126
5	Women as Background Decoration: Part 1	1.8	123
6	Women as Background Decoration: Part 2	1.8	124
7	The Scythian - Positive Female Characters in Video Games	1.1	129
8	Jade - Positive Female Characters in Video Games	1.4	131
9	Women as Reward	1.6	112
10	Women as Reward - Special DLC Mini-Episode	1.3	111

Season 2 (2016)

2.16 avg 7 episodes 1.6 → 2.7 10 min avg

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Season 2 episodes — IMDb ratings
#	Title	Rating	Votes
1	Strategic Butt Coverings	1.6	119
2	Body Language & The Male Gaze	1.5	126
3	Lingerie Is Not Armor	2.4	43
4	Are Women Too Hard to Animate?	2.4	35
5	All the Slender Ladies: Body Diversity in Video Games	2.1	33
6	Sinister Seductress	2.4	29
7	Not Your Exotic Fantasy	2.7	29

Tropes vs. Women in Video Games (2013)

Cast

Seasons

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