Sheparding Gender: Queering Video Games in the Mass Effect Series

Author

Karina Rene Popp

Date of Award

2013

Document Type

Undergraduate Thesis

Department

English

First Advisor

Ross Haenfler

Relational Format

Dissertation/Thesis

Abstract

The Mass Effect series is discussed as a case study for how video games construct gendered aspects of their lore and gameplay in order to appease what developers believe, and most likely is, their consumer base. While queering is possible both for the characters in the game and the gameplay as a performance it is also limited by appeasing an implied straight, male gamer.

Recommended Citation

Popp, Karina Rene, "Sheparding Gender: Queering Video Games in the Mass Effect Series" (2013). Honors Theses. 2397.
https://egrove.olemiss.edu/hon_thesis/2397

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