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Metroid Prime 2: Echoes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metroid_Prime_2:_Echoes Look at the Wikipedia page for the game and make (cut and paste?) notes on these things: Gameplay Setting Illustrate with still frames please!!! Look at the Back cover of  Tomb Raider Anniversary. https://psxdatacenter.com/psx2/images2/hires/SLUS-21555/SLUS-21555-F-ALL.html Write 50 words (Max) on how this has been designed to appeal to established fans of the franchise (an existing audience). Look at the four gameplay frames. Write 76 words (Max) on what these tell the viewer about the narrative of this game. Now see if you can write a comment on the representation of gender in these frames. SIMS Look at the Twitter page for SIMS Freeplay https://twitter.com/TheSimsFreePlay?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor Make a list of the opportunities it gives a player for interaction. How many can you get?

1) Note the statistics in the opening paragraph. Lara Croft is the most successful human video game heroine of all time, gracing more than 1,100 magazine covers, and selling over 58 million video game units worldwide 2) How does the article describe the cultural change in society and the media since the early 00s? The article describes how conversations surrounding women's equality has changed entirely. Lads' mags that tend to sexualise and objectify females have been taken out of circulation and women are now calling out sexism. For example, the #MeToo movement has encouraged women  to call out and raise awareness of everyday sexism and harassment that women are forced to endure.  The cultural changes have been highlighted through Lara Croft's costume changes. Rather than having the revealing and impractical outfit of hot pants and tight tops, she is now clothed in cargo trousers to encourage the audience to focus on her attitude, intellige...