Gender101@Bowdoin

Hey Baby Game

Here is a link to the video game I mentioned in class, called Hey Baby.  Their website even allows you to play a sample of the game and shoot those terrible sexual predators who are hitting on your character.  I’m wondering what other people think of this game, and if it can be interpreted as an appropriate and female-empowering game.  After all, other games, tv shows, or movies with kick-ass female heroines are applauded as being feminist and progressive, right?  So is this also a feminist game, or does Hey Baby bring in a whole bunch of other issues?