Defining pink games: Feminine aesthetic, play experience, and skillset presumptions of PEGI-3 girls
Convergence: The International Journal of Research into New Media Technologies
Published online on April 08, 2026
Abstract
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This article defines and critically examines the ‘pink game’ as a gendered design category in commercial video games targeted at young girls. Drawing on feminist game studies, we analyse eight PEGI 3–7 titles published by Outright Games, using the MDA ...
This article defines and critically examines the ‘pink game’ as a gendered design category in commercial video games targeted at young girls. Drawing on feminist game studies, we analyse eight PEGI 3–7 titles published by Outright Games, using the MDA ...