For the Identity category, I read an article entitled “The Combat Zone: Game Grrlz Talk Back”. It is a collaboration of comments edited by Justine Cassell and Henry Jenkins. The main focus of this compliation of women responding to the gender seperation in the gaming world, and arguments that gaming culture is (maybe not on purpose) putting a divid between men and women, saying that “boys can do this” and “girls do this”. In one comment by Stephanie Bergman, she combats the gender stereotype saying that there is nothing wrong with the “girlie games” companies who produce Barbie and other well known ‘girly’ games, however, there is a whole other market out there of girls who like to do the same thing as boys, and this is play games like first person shooters. She argues that “We’re teaching girls that ‘these are their games’ and ‘these are the boys’ games’. She fears that we are regressing equality-wise to fifty years ago by enforcing this stereotype and making girls think that they need to do things based on their gender.  Another comment authored by Nikki Douglas takes more of an ‘angry’ approach— but rightfully so. She feels that girls are being put into a stereotype by the creators of video games, saying they are more ‘delicate” and don’t want to be bothered with those “rash” games. Douglas argues the contrary and says “Well, screw that! I don’t want to be friends! I want to be King!” – A statement I think that really emphasizes that while girls are stereotypically caregivers and like to take care of others, do nice things, etc. etc. does not mean that they dislike or would have no intrest in a “bam shoot-em-up” “fight for victory” kind of game. Girls want to be warriors too, we want to be able to save the world (in fact I think we would be better at it then most boys)!