Why are there so many HGs genderlocked to male?

[RETowers]

@poison_mara

I can’t play games that doesn’t define a gender. I can’t relate with vacuum.

Right, and I think that is a definite weakness of it as an approach, in addition to, as MeltingPenguins said, “Representation that isn’t visible in the thing is not representation”, which is why I mentioned in the other thread…

@RETowers

I think this may actually be a significant factor in why there are so many games genderlocked to male. Many authors do the exact same thing, and, in absence of a reason to do otherwise, they just make the PC presumed duplicates of themselves. (Of course, it can’t be the only explanation because at least one game genderlocked male was written by a woman, but I think it’s a major factor.)