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* [[Race Tropes]]: Touched upon in the episode "[http://penny-arcade.com/patv/episode/race-in-games Race in Games]". In particular, they look at how the context of race-relations can inform the player about a character, using ''[[L.A. Noire]]'' as an example. They elected to go for that perspective rather than a "how to write racial minorities" bent because they were concerned that would only lead to stereotypes. They went on to say that many of their suggestions about how to handle [[Gender and Sexuality Tropes]] apply to [[Race Tropes]] as well.

* [[Stealth Parody]]: Discussed briefly at the end of the "[http://extra-credits.net/episodes/hard-boiled/ Hard Boiled]" episode, where they suggest that the ''[[Call of Duty: Modern Warfare|Modern Warfare]]'' series has become self-aware of how over the top they have gotten through [[Serial Escalation]], and the end text of the episode recommends playing ''Modern Warfare 3'' with the mentality that it is a send-up of modern shooters.

* [[Three Act Structure]]: Discussed in the Amnesia episode, particularly with video games and their habit of [[In Medias Res|starting in Act 2]].

* [[Token Minority]]: Mentioned in the diversity episode as a bad solution to accusations that there aren't enough female, black, or other minority groups.