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Character Designs. getting better or worse?

Sophitia is a character from the famous fighting game franchise, "Soulcalibur". Although Sophitia is a fighter, her armor seems to be slowly vanishing over the years.

Sexualization can exist in the gaming world, but it should come with effort and purpose.

Featuring this week Sophitia

We have dedicated a timeline page where you can be the judge of the progressions, or deteriorations of the different characters we will be featuring each month.

What should change? Let's paint a new direction.

Interviews with Industry Experts

Momo Pixel

“It was like every day somebody was touching me or saying something about my appearance,” Pixel said of her experience first moving to Portland, Oregon, which served as an inspiration to the game ...

In 2015, Canadian programmer and CEO of TRU LUV Brie Code noticed a gap in the games market. After having spent almost eight years at Ubisoft as an AI programmer, Code – and yes, that is her real surname ...

Kim Swift made her name in the games industry with her first game. Portal became an instant classic, and launched her career. After working on the Left 4 Dead series, she left Valve and joined Airtight Games ...

Liz England is a game designer at Insomniac Games. She has degrees in English Literature and Interactive Media. Over the past six years she has worked on titles such as Saints Row 2, Scribblenauts and ...