This chapter examines the trend in video games known as “daddening,” paying particular attention to how this trend has evolved and the ways in which it (and gaming in general) largely foregrounds and/or celebrates paternity while it excludes or villainizes maternity. The “daddening” of games, a term coined by Stephen Totilo, refers to a large influx in paternal characters within gaming; these father figures are often positioned as being of vital importance as sole caregiver to an only child within the games’ narratives. Maternal figures in these narratives are inevitably side-lined and are usually portrayed as dead, absent, or evil. Building on scholarship in gender and media studies, the chapter explores what this trend in gaming means for gender representation more broadly, especially within a postfeminist Western context.