![]() ![]() ![]() What I didn’t know is that the kind of work these games asked players to engage in was a type of domestic labor historically performed by women and often described as “women’s work.” “Women’s work” is a broad term, usually used to describe jobs performed at home and out in the world that fall under the “5 C’s”: cleaning, catering, cashiering, clerical work, and caring. Fuck green helmets in a fantasy Cold War, I wanted to make Krissy, the titular baby in Barbie: Let’s Babysit Krissy, giggle.Īlso, I thought the Salisbury steak graphics in Cooking Mama were good for 2006. I liked these games because they were gentle in their execution, free from the blood, guts, and pressure that the Call of Duty fans in my elementary school esteemed. I brushed my virtual Cavalier King Charles Spaniel with care in Nintendogs, I rushed to serve hamburgers to waiting customers in Diner Dash. ![]() I loved filling takoyaki batter with octopus or folding a pale yellow omelette in Cooking Mama. When I was a kid, a lot of my favorite video games involved work. ![]()
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