Through Their Eyes
Award: Shortlist
Shortlist / Gaming & Virtual Worlds / Health & Wellbeing / 2023
In Australia, 83% of female-identifying gamers have experienced offensive behaviour online, so most switch their microphones off to hide their identity and play games in silence. Using live voice-changing technology, two prominent Aussie male gamers were disguised behind fake female profiles in an online first-person shooter game, so they saw what it was like to play through a woman’s eyes. The three-minute film was broadcast by Twitch streamers to millions of fans, encouraging male players to change the game while directing those who have suffered abuse to the online mental health service ReachOut.