Games para todos: a representatividade de minorias em jogos eletrônicos

Abstract

This study aims to analyze the representation of minorities in electronic games and in the gamer community. The method of analysis chosen was netnography. The data collect went through the application of semi-structured interviews, participant observation and documents, and the introduction into the research field took place between November 2021 and February 2022. Data analysis was carried out through content analysis, and from hence, the results were obtained where the approach of minority representation in electronic games is still very small, with the occurrence of cases of hypersexualization of female bodies and lack of LGBTQIA+ visibility, and this lack reflects on the social environment of these games, perpetuating behavior of players when coming into contact with minority communities. Thus, it is concluded that the coexistence and interaction in groups that women and the LGBTQIA+ public are present, could show the daily reality of these people while playing and allowed to understand their vision with regard to the representation of electronic games.