Audiences have seen a surge in powerful female protagonists. These characters have been a major benefit to the world, showing moviegoers everywhere that women are just as capable of being strong, ...

Lucas is a writer and narrative designer from Argentina with over 15 years of experience writing for games and news. He keeps a watchful eye at the gaming world and loves to write about the hottest ...

From Rapunzel trapped up in her tower to legions of scream queens hitting high decibels, the damsel in distress trope is long rooted in sweet, helpless characters incapable of staying out of trouble.

Layann Basileh is an Arab-American writer based in Southern California, currently nursing an iced coffee addiction. The 'damsel in distress' trope is a common female character archetype, in which a ...

First came the history of the Damsel in Distress, now Anita Sarkeesian explores how video game developers have modernized this trope by stuffing damsels in refrigerators (a euphemism for killing them) ...

Games with horror elements have their fair share of women in peril. Although (in my opinion) occurring less frequently than a female protagonist, horror games’ damsels in distress tend to be cute ...

By Angie Han Feb. 14, 2012 12:00 pm EST DAMSELS IN DISTRESS follows a trio of beautiful girls who set out to revolutionize life at a grungy East Coast College – the dynamic leader Violet Wister (Greta ...