Translation of heroine

Translation of heroine

Yesterday my 8 year old daughter and 9 year old son were sitting in the back seat of the car discussing names of minecraft servers. They correctly deduced a norwegian translation of "Hide and Seek" all on their own, and i was rather pleased. Then the boy asked about "Heroine", and his sister replied "I know that. Heroine is a girl with big boobs in a bikini".

There is no objectification or sexualisation in computer games, no. We can clearly see that. And all we need is more responsibility in journalism. Right.

This is not the values i want the gaming industry to teach my children. Of course we had a talk to put things straight, but this should not be the first thing a girl thinks of as a heroine.

I hope it is rather clear by now that i think points raised by Zoe Quinn and Anita Sarkeesian are important, and need to be discussed. And everyone supporting #gamergate should go talk to a grown-up about these matters before ever posting about them again.

(image from "Dead or Alive 5")