Hidden Figures: The Missing Connection in Women, Careers and the Video Game Industry
摘要
This paper is about the persistent gender inequality in the video game industry. This gender bias has been exacerbated by large language model applications (LLMs) that mimic human emotions. Reality intertwines with digital imagery, such as virtual reality (VR) or monitor, which affects memory and human perception of both spaces. There is a struggle in human memory that is akin to deception. These deceptive patterns integrate the environmental experiences that make the video game industry profitable as required retained attention to the game is the main asset. The alignment of a profitable industry and emerging technology to dominate a digital market may alienate other genders when job opportunities are scarce and discriminatory, cementing a lack of social and economic mobility for future generations. That articulates a narrative of exclusion in the video game experience largely informed by cisgender identity, namely by men, which will eventually disempower women, who are also video game players and aspiring female video game designers, being marginalised in the profitable market of entertainment. Thus, artificial intelligence, a technology dominated also by one gender identity, may allow further gender segregation for decades ahead of us. We conclude that corporate and social incentives in this industry are still shy to integrate genders, leading to the creation of video games. In this paper's research, we found a necessity for more multicultural and pluralistic business strategies and focused female training programmes so that a joint effort to foster a culture of inclusion and belonging throughout the entire video game ecosystem will welcome women, particularly at senior levels, with the participation of video game developers and designers in the decision-making process, would be positive. Thus, the representation of women in this industry would permit a rapid career progression in the video game corporate space, which is much needed and justified for a better enjoyment of an inclusive and lucrative game experience.