Introduction

Hello Everyone! My name is Hallee Haar and I have been a Gamer all of my life. Some of my first memories are playing video games.  My favorite past time to this day is sitting down and playing video games. With this blog I hope to shed some light onto what it is like playing video games as a girl. Specifically, things game companies do both good and bad when it comes to their female characters. I will focus on the design of the female characters, and the overall feel to games. Each week I will focus on a different company, going over specific games that they have created. I will also touch upon the gaming community itself.

I am the right person to write this blog, because I have been a gamer my whole life. I played Pokemon before it was an option to play as a girl. I have played video games on every Nintendo and PlayStation console. I think through my years of experience I will be able to accurately portray the good, bad, and ugly of gaming as a girl. 

I hope that my readers will get a taste for what the industry looks like to a girl. I want people to understand how great some companies do portraying female characters, and how awful others do. I also want my readers to learn why these problems are important and how much (most) game companies have approved in the last twenty years. I can't wait to dive right into it next week!