female characters in games. David Craddock of Shacknews cited Ashley as one of his favorite video game companion, saying that "When you are saddled with her, she’s perfectly content to hide in a dumpster while you clear out enemies. If only all companions were so agreeable." Analysis Andrei Nae of Immersion, Narrative, and Gender Crisis in Survival Horror Video Games said that Ashley Graham fully embodies the gender role of damsel in distress with her constants pleas to Leon Kennedy to help her. Bernard Perron of The World of Scary Video Games: A Study in Videoludic Horror felt that some characters, like Ashley, have been eroticized in which she can swap her schoolgirl uniform into a white starlet costume that "highlights her breast". References Capcom protagonists Female characters in video games Fictional children of presidents of the United States Resident Evil characters Video game characters introduced in 2005 Video game sidekicks