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Race and Racism In Video Games
SlappingOysters writes "Racism in video games has been a key topic of discussion in the game industry this year, thanks in large part to the controversy surrounding the Resident Evil 5 launch trailer. In this article, GamePlayer speaks to developers, publishers, activists and journalists about the issue to get various perspectives and insights into how the video game industry is moving forward on the topic of racism. A related piece also has interviews with Sue Clark from the UK's Classification Board and Dr. Griseldis Kirsch, a lecturer in Contemporary Japanese Studies, about how racism in video games is viewed by the BBFC and Japan respectively."
Best... pedant... ever.
W..w..W - Willy Waterloo washes Warren Wiggins who is washing Waldo Woo.
Are you sure about that? Look at the percentage of south africans and chinese who are lactose intolerant, and asians who are near sighted.
So well...
Race: Caucasian
No stat bonus or penalty
Racial ability at level 1: Able to see more than 3 feets away without contacts.
Racial ability at level 3: can digest milk even after reaching level 4
The caucasian also has -1 * Charisma modifier to the "Humility" skill.
that one day on the red hills of Silicon Valley, the sons of former Pac-Men and the sons of Blinky, Pinky, Inky, and Clyde will be able to sit down together at the table of brotherhood. I have a dream that my four little children will one day play a game where they will not be judged by the color of their avatar, but by the content of their player stats.
I wouldn't be at all surprised to find that there are more Mac users than racists.
Why do you think they're only available in white?
(I kid, I kid)
The ______ Agenda
As an escaped convict, I take offense to your generalizations that escaped convicts like to ass rape people.
it is only after a long journey that you know the strength of the horse.
Games that defined my view of the races in my youth: Mike Tyson's Punch-Out Street Fighter series As a side note - my first American television show was Dukes of Hazzard. Followed, I think, by a re-run of Jeopardy. I was confused.
The irony about this post? Both games mentioned have a character modeled to look like Mike Tyson. Not a great example of how either stereotype black people. In the Japanese version of Street Fighter, Mike is actually called Mike to boot.
I hope that helped you, Liu Kang HungWeiLo.
Once you start despising the jerks, you become one.
So, blue eyes are -1 to perception during day, but they give added bonus to speech and leadership skills.
And white skin increases the damage received for first 5 levels, and adds a 2% chance increase for a critical hit to turn into skin cancer.
Black skin on the other hand offers natural nocturnal camouflage.
Asians get 13% higher life expectancy and receive 31% more gold than whiteys, and 5% intelligence bonus.
Mit der Dummheit kämpfen Götter selbst vergebens