Gênero em jogo: a representatividade da mulher através do figurino em League of Legends

Abstract

In fact, the history of the games is recent in relation to other media, but has become important cultural expression in the present day, exerting influences on the various aspects of the players' lives. Each year the games gain new resources and are improving, reaching the heights of global entertainment market leaders today. The game by its mediatic nature, it becomes hybrid. It uses exchanges and influences of elements, resources and languages ​​that contribute to the improvement of its resources technological and audiovisual fields, contributing to the creation of an interface that to the individual an experience of a reality, totally unconventional. This search makes an analysis of the character Miss Fortune and her skins of the MOBA League of Legends, classifying them according to the archetypes proposed by the illustrator Leo Hartas (Hartas, 2005), being more appropriate to the reality of the game, as it explores psychological and physical aspects of the character. Establishing an interrelationship in how the characters are represented with the gender issues present in society. In addition to correlating the and game design, in order to explain the importance of fashion in the process of creating the characters, ensuring a media environment and between areas.