A great history of video games along with a look at the damsel in distress trope in video games.

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It's less of a "don't play these bad, women-disempowering video games", as the host is clearly a fan of the games, but it's more of a call to modern developers to do something different and recognize the patterns they're falling back on.

Looking forward to part 2.

Damsel in Distress: Part 1 Tropes vs Women in Video Games