Gender-bender stories have been around in the anime world for a long time, spanning several genres. These great shows make the most of the trope.

Michael B Jordan, a black man, was recently cast as the Human Torch in Fox’s 'Fantastic Four' reboot (hitting 2015) causing the Internet to explode. Johnny Storm is typically portrayed as a blonde ...

At Devcom last month, senior narrative designer Arden Osthof gave a talk entitled "Playing with gender: A design framework for character customisation," giving tips on how game makers can improve ...

Sangita is a game developer, narrative designer, and games journalist with an enduring love for anything and everything games-related. She has written hundreds of articles on games ranging from ...

What is Loki’s gender depicted as in Marvel Comics? When Loki first debuted in Marvel Comics, the character was presented as male. Even now, Loki’s comics profile on Marvel’s official website is ...

First there was Super Mario, then there was Lara Croft. Now, videogamers can play as characters that fall outside of the gender binary altogether. Studios are updating their games or building new ones ...

Researchers have developed a novel machine-learning framework that uses scene descriptions in movie scripts to automatically recognize different characters' actions. Applying the framework to hundreds ...

The Sims series is FINALLY breaking down all gender barriers for its characters. The current instalment, Sims 4, and previous ones restricted some clothing and aesthetic designs to male or female ...

The alpha for World of Warcraft: Dragonflight — WoW’s ninth expansion — is here, and players are already testing out the new content. While not all of the expansion’s new content is available for ...