1981:!

Softporn(Adventure(
1982:!Custer's(Revenge,!criticized!for!racism!
and!rape!focus
1987:!First!Leisure(Suit(Larry game

1980s
2003:!Dead(or(Alive(Extreme(Beach(Volleyball(
released
2004:!Orgasm(Girl flash!game!casts!players!as!
"lesbian!angel"!charged!with!bringing!sleeping!
girls!to!orgasm

Early!
2000s
August:!Penny!Arcade's!initial!"Dickwolves"!
comics
August:!Metroid:(The(Other(M(released,
lambasted!by!some!as!disempowering!heroine!
Samus
October:!"Dickwolves"!TTshirts!appear!in!PA!
store;!backlash!increases

1992:!Dev!Sheri!Graner!Ray!questioned!at!
GDC!because!"girls!don't!play!games"
1993:!Julian!Dibbell's!"A!Rape!in!Cyberspace"!
details!events!on!LambdaMOO
1996:!"Seriously distracting"!ad for!Game!Boy!
Pocket!features!man!ignoring!scantily!clad!
woman!bound!on!a!bed
1996:!Tomb(Raider released!to!great,!neverT
ending!debate!between!sexism!and!
empowerment
Unoffocial!"Nude!Raider"!patches!quickly!
follow

1990s
March!2007:!Programmer/dev!Kathy!Sierra!
cancels!O'Reilly!ETech conference!appearance!
after!threats
February!2009:!NonTlocalized!rape!simulator!
Rapelay garners!international!attention!three!
years!after!Japanese!release
June!2009:!Electronic(Gaming(Monthly(
abruptly!ceases!publication;!subscribers!are!
sent!copies!of!Maxim instead
July!2009: EA'!"Sin!to!Win"!Dante's!Inferno!
promotion!offered!women!as!prizes

Late!2000s

2010
January:!PA!pulls!"Dickwolves" merch;!fans!
create!@teamrape!on!Twitter!in!support!of!PA!
and!the!items
January:!Fat, Ugly,!or!Slutty!archive!of!online!
harassment!launches
July:!Accidental!devbuild!release!of!Dead(Island
reveals!"FeministWhorePurna" skill
July:!Powersgaming!in!Austin,!TX!bans!women!
from!announced!LAN!party

2011