Image: Hands up if you play video games? You probably do, even if you’re not a teenage boy. Source: Creative Commons.
If you’re the mother of a teenage boy (as I am), you’re probably tired of the sound of guns going off in your living room as Fortnite wars are waged and Rainbow rages. These are the first-person shooter games that dominate our kids’ lives, and the ones that first come to mind when you think of video games in general. The reality of the industry – the people who play games and the people who make them – is of course far more gender diverse. Think of all those middle-aged women you see on the train, playing Candy Crush or Words with Friends on their mobile phones. They’re all part of the picture.