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FemShep

name

Etymology

From fem- + Shep.

Definitions

  1. The female version of the Commander Shepard player character in the Mass Effect series.

    • Playing as FemShep hints that the game world's claims to gender equality may be overstated.
    • Interestingly, this seems the reason why FemShep is considered to be one of the most popular heroines in gaming history (Cobbett 2012: online), or even one of gaming's first true feminist and feminine protagonists (Hillier 2011).

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA