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This paper argues that the ways in which female orgasm is enacted and represented in media has significant social, cultural and political effects. The experience of orgasm and the representation of orgasm in the mass media are closely related to hierarchies of power and politics. The importance of play in enacting and practicing ways of being powerful is related to the current increase in digital gameplay In cyberspace the link between orgasm, power and play becomes more evident and perhaps more malleable.The possibilities of cyberspace and gameworlds in particular as arenas where women can represent themselves and play in ways that are empowering are discussed. Examples are presented documenting games which perpetuate androcentric representations of female sexuality as well as examples of games which might be interesting to females and which create different models for sex and gender representation in digital environments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]