Generation jump: the rise and rise of female protagonists
Are our menfolk all tuckered out?.
Here’s a little-appreciated fact about Titanfall, the Genghis Khan of Xbox One exclusives: the very first piece of art released for the game features a woman. It’s hardly as transformative an over-turning of convention as, say, the news that Master Chief wears B-cups – Titanfall, after all, is a multiplayer-only title that treats narrative as an optional garnish, which diminishes the significance of the cast.