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2013 American TV series or program
| Tropes vs. Women in Video Games | |
|---|---|
 Title card used in the Tropes vs. Women videos. | |
| Genre | Gaming |
| Directed by | Anita Sarkeesian |
| Presented by | Anita Sarkeesian |
| Theme music composer | Matt Joynt, Nathan Sandberg |
| Country of origin | USA |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 3 out of 12 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Jonathan MacIntosh |
| Original release | |
| Network | FeministFrequency (2009) YouTube (2009–present) |
| Release | Tropes vs Women in Video Games March 7 – August 2, 2013 |
Tropes vs. Women in Video Games is a Youtube video series created by Anita Sarkeesian that is examining gender tropes in video games.
Crowdfunding via Kickstarter
Sarkeesian started funding her Tropes vs Women in Video Games as a Kickstarter Project on June 4th 2012 with an initial goal of $6,000 which was reached in less than 24 hours. At the start she promised to produce 5 videos 10-20 minutes in length.
She promptly added stretch goal up to $15,000 promising extra video for every $1,500 raised more. That brought the total amoun of videos that were promised to be made to 11. This second stretch goal was reached in under a week.
After the first stretch goal was reached she set a second stretch goal of $20.000 with a promise to improve the quality by buying a wireless microphone, a new studio light kit, a new computer, bigger hard drives and professional video editing software to make After Effects. At this point she also promised to send a pack of stickers consisting of re-imagined [[Zelda}} and Princess Peach pictures from Nintendo with a slogan and three with Feminist Frequency logo to any future or past backer pledging $50 or more. The second stretch goal was reached in two weeks.
Then she stretched goal for the third time with $24,000 and $26,000 sub-goals with promises of Tropes vs Women in Video Games classroom Curriculum and one more video.
Project funding in short:
- Original goal $6,000
- Incentives:
- Damsel in Distress - Video #1
- The Fighting F#@k Toy - Video #2
- The Sexy Sidekick - Video #3
- The Sexy Villainess - Video #4
- Background Decoration - Video #5
- 1st Stretch Goal $15,000
- Incentives:
- Voodoo Priestess/Tribal Sorceress - Video #6 (at $7,500)
- Women as Reward - Video #7 (at $9,000)
- Mrs. Male Character - Video #8 (at $10,500)
- Unattractive Equals Evil - Video #9 (at $12,000)
- Man with Boobs - Video #10 (at $13,500)
- Positive Female Characters! - Video #11 (at $15,000)
- 2nd Stretch Goal $20,000
- Incentives:
- Professional video gear to improve quality.
- Zelda, Peach and FemFreq stickers to over $50 donations.
- 3rd Stretch Goal $26,000
- Incentives:
- Tropes vs Women in Video Games Classroom Curriculum (at $24,000)
- Video #12 - Top 10 Most Common Defenses of Sexism in Games (at $26,000)
Project was funded $158,922 on June 16th 2012 with over 2600% over-funding, promised to produce 12 videos 10-20 minutes in length with well researched in depth analysis requiring enormous amount of work when backers have pledged $26,000.
Production
Sarkeesian initially planned to start releasing the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series in 2012 with an episode a month, but pushed it back explaining that the additional funding allowed her to "expand the scope, scale and production values of the project". On January 2013 Sarkeesian launched a Tumblr web page called "Bits of Tropes Vs. Women in Games" previewing samples of the first video.
The first video in the Tropes vs Women in Video Games series, "Damsels in Distress (Part 1)", was released on March 7, 2013. The delay led some critics to question how she was using the money. Jesse Singal of The Boston Globe noted that the production values of the new series were high, saying "so far, she appears to have put the money to good use." Fruzsina Eördögh of ReadWrite also confirmed that the production quality of the videos had increased from her previous works, but didn't think the improvement justified spending the total amount raised, and said that disclosing the project finances would also help other video bloggers.
Parts 2 and 3 of the series were released on May 28 and August 1, 2013. The second video was briefly removed due to abuse of YouTube's "flag" system, though it was quickly restored.
Production in numbers
- Number of episodes: 3
- Minutes of video analysis: 73
- Games referenced: 192
- Videos released
- March 7th 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 1
- May 28th 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 2
- August 1st 2013 The Damsel in Distress - Part 3
Sarkeesian had $2,071 fund coverage to produce one minute of her video analysis in Tropes vs. Women in Video Games Series. Backers' cost per minute was $2,180.
Episodes
| # | Tropes vs. Women in Video Games | |
|---|---|---|
| 01 | "Damsel in Distress: Part 1 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games" | |
| Trope as gendered cliché, woman needs to be rescued by a male character. | ||
| 02 | "Damsel in Distress: Part 2 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games" | |
| Look at dark and edgy side of trope, violence against women, disposable woman, mercy killing and woman in the refridgerator. | ||
| 03 | "Damsel in Distress: Part 3 - Tropes vs Women in Video Games" | |
| Role reversal Dude in Distress, look at "ironic sexism", indie and mobile. | ||
| 04 | "The Legend of the Last Princess - Hypothetical game concept" | |
| Mini animation 1:10 minutes long. Was featured in The Damsel in Distress - Part 3. | ||
| 05 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Background Decoration - Video #5 | ||
| 06 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Voodoo Priestess/Tribal Sorceress - Video #6 | ||
| 07 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Women as Reward - Video #7 | ||
| 08 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Mrs. Male Character - Video #8 | ||
| 09 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Unattractive Equals Evil - Video #9 | ||
| 10 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Man with Boobs - Video #10 | ||
| 11 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Positive Female Characters! - Video #11 | ||
| 12 | "N/A" | |
| Pre-production name: Video #12 - Top 10 Most Common Defenses of Sexism in Games | ||
References
- ^ Anita's Kickstarter page
- ^ Anita's first stretch goal
- ^ Anita's second stretch goal
- ^ Anita's third stretch goal
- Anita's Kickstarter page
- Stephen Totilo (January 30, 2013). "Anita Sarkeesian's First 'Tropes vs. Women in Games' Video May Come Out Next Month, But Her Tumblr's Live Now". Kotaku. Retrieved September 3, 2013.
- Feminist Frequency - "Damsels in Distress (Part 1)" accessed May 28, 2013
- ^ Fruzsina Eördögh (March 19, 2013). "Anita Sarkeesian, I Love You. But Please Show Us The Money". Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- Singal, Jesse (June 22, 2013). "Taking on games that demean women". The Boston Globe. Retrieved September 19, 2013.
- Hamilton, Kirk (May 28, 2013). "New Anita Sarkeesian Video Calls Out Gaming's 'Women in Refrigerators'". Kotaku. Retrieved July 13, 2013.
- FeministFrequency
- Project updates at Kickstarter