This paper explores and investigates the myriad of ways that video game narratives get modded post-play for feminist purposes (intentionally and unintentionally). Cast into these roles, it is hardly surprising that women and games have long had a troubled relationship, ranging from who is creating the games to who is playing them to who is talking about them. When we do encounter the elusive heroine, she is typically either portrayed as a sexual object to be gazed upon and controlled, or she is simply a female “skinned” version of the male protagonist.
Female protagonists in video games are still almost non-existent. More than three decades later little has changed. Women were cast as damsels in distress and have predominantly been trapped in this role. Lady had found her hero and Jumpman had won his prize. Successful completion of Donkey Kong (Nintendo 1981) sees Kong defeated and Jumpman and Lady lovingly reunited. Since Donkey Kong tossed his first barrel in 1981, princesses in video games have served one purpose: to be saved.
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