Introduction
• Multimedia Introduction
• Inspiration for This Project
• Original Listserv Message
• Comments From Students
• About This Project

Historical Foundations
• Introduction
• Video Game Primitives
• Emergence of Console and Arcade Gaming
• Atari VCS/2600
• Arcade Boom
• Computer Game Culture
• The Nintendo Generation, and Beyond

Analysis Part I: Why Study Video Games and Gender?
• Video Games as Socially Constructed Technologies
• Do Video Games Reinforce Gender Inequalities?
• A Feminist Agenda
• The Status of Women
• Connecting Video Games with the Status of Women in Computing

Analysis Part II: Representations of Gender in Video Games
• Images of Men and Women
• Violence in Games

Analysis Part III: Reactions to Gender Analysis of Video Games
• Games for Girls
• Critique of Games for Girls
• Rating Games
• Censorship?
• Are Video Games Bad?
• Perpetuating the Status Quo - Perpetuating Inequality?
• Decisions to Make