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    Video game characters are often young, male and white with few options for other demographics. Researchers found women made up 38% of players but only 15% of characters, and Latinos were also underrepresented. The lack of diversity could give players a distorted view of society and neglect marketing opportunities to other groups. Allowing customization of characters has grown and could lead to more varied representations.

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    Video game characters are often young, male and white with few options for other demographics. Researchers found women made up 38% of players but only 15% of characters, and Latinos were also underrepresented. The lack of diversity could give players a distorted view of society and neglect marketing opportunities to other groups. Allowing customization of characters has grown and could lead to more varied representations.

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    Video game characters are often young, male and white with few options for other demographics. Researchers found women made up 38% of players but only 15% of characters, and Latinos were also underrepresented. The lack of diversity could give players a distorted view of society and neglect marketing opportunities to other groups. Allowing customization of characters has grown and could lead to more varied representations.

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    3 Extra Exam Practice Name

    Read the text and answer the questions that follow.

    THE CHANGING FACE OF VIDEO GAME CHARACTERS


    I As any player knows, imaginary characters in computer games come in many forms, such as wizards, witches and
    fairies. However, the humans in these games show less variety – the majority are young, male and white; there are very
    few characters who are very old, very young, female or from ethnic groups such as Latino or Native American.
    II Researchers in the United States recently surveyed the most popular computer games to find out which characters are
    most, and least, represented. Children and old people, as well as women and certain ethnic minorities, were found by
    researchers to appear less frequently than would be expected. Certainly, their appearance in games did not match their
    percentage in the general population, or even among game players. Women, for example, make up 38% of all game
    players, yet only 15% of game characters are female. Latinos are also under-represented; only 2% of game characters
    are Latino, although 12.5% of all game players are from that ethnic group.
    III One reason for this imbalance may be that the characteristics of humans in games reflect the characteristics of the game
    creators, who are mostly young, male and white. However, the effect of the misrepresentation worries researchers;
    on a philosophical level, does the lack of variation among game characters give a distorted idea about the importance
    of minorities in US society? On a more practical level, the under-representation of certain characters may indicate
    a neglected marketing opportunity: would more female and minority characters lead to greater sales?
    IV One way to correct the imbalance is to allow players to customise the characters in the games. The trend towards such
    customisation has been growing in recent years, and is featured in many popular multiplayer online games which were
    not included in the survey. If it continues and spreads, then perhaps we will soon see princesses rescuing children, or
    old women falling in love with old men in video games.

    1. Choose the correct answer.


    3. Decide if the following sentences are true (T) or
    1. Human characters in video games ... . false (F). Find evidence in the text to justify your
    a. are generally disguised as wizards or witches answers.
    b. vary in type more than imaginary characters do
    ..... 1. Researchers in the US tried to discover which
    c. often conform to an age, gender and racial
    games were the most popular.
    pattern
    .........................................................................
    2. Researchers think that ... .
    .........................................................................
    a. players may have an unrealistic view of
    minorities ..... 2. Research showed that there are fewer Latino
    b. too many minority characters could reduce sales characters than Latino players.
    c. more salespeople should come from minority .........................................................................
    groups .........................................................................

    2. Answer the questions according to the information 4. Find words or expressions in the text that mean:
    in the text. 1. discover (paragraph II) ............................
    1. How may researchers account for the fact that there 2. correspond to (paragraph II) ............................
    are so few minority characters in games?
    3. unrealistic (paragraph III) ............................
    ...............................................................................
    4. expands, increases ............................
    ...............................................................................
    (paragraph IV)
    2. What might happen if more games allowed players
    to customise characters? 5. Write a composition of about 100-150 words.
    ............................................................................... Choose one option.
    ............................................................................... 1. The advantages and disadvantages of playing
    computer video games.
    2. Describe your favourite video game. Explain why
    you like it.

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