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Damsel in Distress: Part 3 (Aug 1, 2013)
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Since mobile, indie and retro inspired games are built on a legacy of inequality in the medium the new wave of 80s and 90s nostalgia has brought with it a resurrection of the worst of the old-school damsel in distress stereotypes. Indeed, many of these new titles essentially function as love letters to the trope as a way of paying homage to classic games of years gone by.

— Anita Sarkeesian

What It Means

This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Since mobile, indie and retro inspired games are built on a legacy of inequality in the medium the new wave of 80s and 90s nostalgia has brought with it a resurrection of the worst of the old-school damsel in distress stereotypes. Indeed, many of these new titles essentially function as love letters to the trope as a way of paying homage to classic games of years gone by." in the context of "Damsel in Distress: Part 3 (Aug 1, 2013)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.

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Anita Sarkeesian

About Anita Sarkeesian

Anita Sarkeesian (born 1983) is a Canadian-American feminist media critic, blogger, and public speaker. She is the founder of Feminist Frequency, a website that hosts videos and commentary analyzing portrayals of women in popular culture. She has received particular attention for her video series Tropes vs. Women in Video Games, which examines tropes in the depiction of female video game characters.