Male characters in role-playing video games ‘speak twice as much as females’

A study of video games shows male characters say twice as much as female characters (Joe Giddens/PA)

Male characters in role-playing video games have 50% more dialogue than females, highlighting a “stark gender imbalance” in the gaming genre, scientists have said.

In role-playing games (RPGs), the gamer controls one or more characters undertaking quests or missions in an imaginary world.